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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-F95F11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver threepence probably of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603).
Obverse: worn.
Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV; square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend, 15[..] above.
North no. 1998.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1559
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 18.62 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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: Worn.
Obverse inscription: Worn.
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend, 15[..] above.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Northwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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