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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-CC6FB5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1559 to 1603) dating to AD 1561. North Number 1997.
The obverse is very worn but depicts a left facing crowned bust which is no longer visible, and a rose behind the head which is still visible. Much of the legend has been worn away however the letters visible are ELIZABET.....REGINA. The reverse depicts a shield divided by a cross fourchée which also divides the legend. The legend reads POSVI/DEV.AD/IVTIORE/M MEV.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.63 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Diameter: 22.92 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind the head.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABET[H D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Shield divided by long cross fourchée.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV.AD/IVTORE/M:MEV
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Spennymoor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2631
Four figure Latitude: 54.673402
Four figure longitude: -1.598348
1:25K map: NZ2631
1:10K map: NZ23SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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