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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-201267
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pierced hammered silver coin of Elizabeth I dating between 1558 and 1603AD. It is only possible to make out POSVI on the reverse legend. The diameter is 18mm and the weight is 0.77g.
If suspended from the piercing, neither the obverse nor the reverse would be upright. It is therefore highly unlikely to have been used as a pendant or ornament. It is more likely that the perforation allowd a cord to be passed through the coin to deter theft. As such it would not qualify as treasure.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1558
Date to: Exactly AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.77 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th November 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny or halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver: Elizabeth I, not further defined
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: Ripon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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