Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-A2F38C
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), mintmark castle (1569-1571), dated to 1570 on reverse, Spink 2566.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1570
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd April 2014
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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 facing left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH:D.G.[ANG.FR].ET.H[I.R]EGINA
Reverse description: square shield over long cross fourchee with date above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV.ADIVTOREM.MEV.
Initial mark: castle
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW8862
Four figure Latitude: 50.41950813
Four figure longitude: -4.98569033
1:25K map: SW8862
1:10K map: SW82SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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 | 2008 | Coins of England & The United Kingdom, 43rd Edition | London | Spink | 239, | No.2566 |