Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-624288
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post medieval coin: A complete silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), dating to the period AD 1602 to AD 1603. Mint; London (Tower). North type: 2017. Coin is pierced at 11 o'clock on the reverse.
Diameter: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Evidence of reuse: Pierced at 11 o'clock on the reverse
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1602
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 13.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd February 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1582-1603 (N 2017)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: 2
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ9013
Four figure Latitude: 52.71456388
Four figure longitude: -2.1494672
1:25K map: SJ9013
1:10K map: SJ91SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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