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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-CEE9A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), second issue, uncertain issue mark, 1578-9 AD. North: 1998.
Notes:
Coin identified from notes and photograph. No further information available.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1579
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.49 g
Diameter: 19.06 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Colchester OEF 6952
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Bust facing left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FR HI REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchee dividing the legend. The date above the shield is 157_.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Plain cross
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
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