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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-6770E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Post Medieval penny of Elizabeth I, London mint, Lis initial mark, (AD 1558-1560; North 1988)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1560
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.58 mm
Weight: 0.46 g
Diameter: 13.54 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4224
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1988)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left.
Obverse inscription: E D [G R]OS[A SINE SPI]NA
Reverse description: Shield with Arms of England over long cross fourchée
Reverse inscription: [CIVI]/ TAS/ [LON]/ DON
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
To be known as: Wareham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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