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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-2A3E25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early post-medieval silver hammered threepence of Elizabeth I dating from AD1567. Mintmark: pheon. North 1998
Obv: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Rev: CIVITAS LONDON
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1567
Date to: Exactly AD 1567
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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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: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over square shield dividing legend
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: pheon
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Longtown
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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