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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-FF8BF6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603).
Obverse: ELIZ[AB D G] ANG FR ET HIB REGI; crowned bust left with rose behind.
Reverse: POSUI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV; square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend, 1601 above shield.
IM: one (1601-1602).
North no: 2015.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1601
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.69 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 24.23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZ[AB D G] ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend, 1601 above shield.
Reverse inscription: POSUI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: One
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Dutton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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