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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-FBA6F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval hammered silver coin, an Elizabeth I sixpence of 1575 AD (North 1997). Initial mark is an eglantine. The obverse legend would have read as ELIZABETH DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA. The reverse legend would have read as POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV.
The diameter is 19mm and the weight 1.33g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.33 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th February 2014
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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 inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: eglantine
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
District: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Pleasington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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