Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-0F6AE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fourth Issue, intermediate bust 4B, mintmark ermine, c.1572-3, dated to 1573 on the reverse, Spink 2562.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1573
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.99 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th February 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: crowned intermediate bust 4B facing left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: square shield over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV' ADIVTOREM MEV'.
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SX4263
Four figure Latitude: 50.44551616
Four figure longitude: -4.22666552
1:25K map: SX4263
1:10K map: SX43NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2002 | Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 37th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 238, | No.2562 |