Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-753763
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver hammered sixpence of Elizabeth I, dated 1572. Bent in two places making it S-shaped in section, a feature usually seen in later coins and interpreted as love tokens.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1572
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.27 g
Diameter: 25 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: bust left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HI.REGINA
Reverse description: Sheild
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SZ4386
Four figure Latitude: 50.672084
Four figure longitude: -1.392857
1:25K map: SZ4386
1:10K map: SZ46NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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