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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-015DB5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603).
Obverse: ...ANG FRA ET HIB REG... ; crowned bust left.
Reverse: POSVI [DEV ADIVTOREM]MEV; long cross over square shield. 15(81) above shield.
Second Issue.
IM: Long cross (?)
North no: 1997
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1581
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.97 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 24.44 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th September 2011
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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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left.
Obverse inscription: ...ANG FRA ET HIB REG...
Reverse description: Long cross over square shield. 15(81) above shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI [DEV ADIVTOREM]MEV
Initial mark: Long cross (?)
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bournemouth (Unitary Authority)
District: Bournemouth (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bournemouth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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