Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-6FB695
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval coin: A threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Second issue (1561-1582) dating to 1579 - date above shield. Mint is London. North no 1998.
Diameter: 19.27mm. Thickness: 0.83mm. Weight: 1.1g. Die axis: 9 o'clock
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1579
Date to: Exactly AD 1579
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.83 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 19.27 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd September 2013 - Sunday 22nd September 2013
This object was found at Shakespeare Rally
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Other reference: 138
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on a long cross fourchee dividing legend
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Plain cross
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP1758
Four figure Latitude: 52.21995088
Four figure longitude: -1.75257342
1:25K map: SP1758
1:10K map: SP15NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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