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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-03B472
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558 to 1603) dating to 1575. North Number 1998.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 19.1 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threehalfpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2000)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH.... REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchée with 1575 above
Reverse inscription: POSVUI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Eglantine
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Denton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2119
Four figure Latitude: 54.56579557
Four figure longitude: -1.67673441
1:25K map: NZ2119
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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