Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-EC3EC4
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete struck / hammered silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), probably dating to between AD 1561 and AD 1582, probably issued as part of the second issue of coinage. CIVITAS LONDON reverse type depicting a square shield on a long cross fourchee. Tower mint. Probably Portcullis reverse mark. Probably North 2001.
Diameter: 13.2 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1565
Date to: Circa AD 1567
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 13.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th September 2013
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2001)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: [ ]SINE SPINA
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: CIVI TAS L[ ]
Initial mark: not present
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST6639
Four figure Latitude: 51.14924256
Four figure longitude: -2.48746791
1:25K map: ST6639
1:10K map: ST63NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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