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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-755775
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver threepence of Elizabeth 1, Fourth Issue. 1579. Spink 2573. The diameter is 20mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1579
Date to: Circa AD 1579
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th May 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
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: Crowned bust left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB[ETH D G] ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield with date above, on long cross fourchee dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: POSUI [DEU ADIUTORE]M MEU
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: RIBCHESTER
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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