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Unique ID: WAW-251363
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) minted in London between 1567 and 1570 AD. North No. 1997.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1567
Date to: Exactly AD 1570
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 25.67 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Friday 1st June 2012
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Bust facing left, crowned with a rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Plain shield. Dated [ ].
Reverse inscription: POSVI / DEV AD / IVTORE / M MEV
Initial mark: Coronet.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO9165
Four figure Latitude: 52.283066
Four figure longitude: -2.13335
1:25K map: SO9165
1:10K map: SO96NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | No. 1997 |