Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-25DA03
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603). Die axis = 1 o clock
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.96 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 16.97 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th January 2012
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1988, 2001, 2017)
Obverse description: Bust facing left. Two pellet behind head
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS LON DON
Initial mark: crescent
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP2744
Four figure Latitude: 52.09369
Four figure longitude: -1.607305
1:25K map: SP2744
1:10K map: SP24SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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