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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-6EF2CC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Badly cracked silver Elizabeth I sixpence. London (Tower) mint. Initial mark hand. North 2015. Dated 1590 above shield on reverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1590
Date to: Exactly AD 1590
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd December 2013 - Thursday 29th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59835
Other reference: ECKW062014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG BR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: Royal shield over long cross fourchee. Date 1590 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Hand
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0202
Four figure Latitude: 52.57827959
Four figure longitude: 0.97983244
1:25K map: TG0202
1:10K map: TG00SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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