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silver, Post Medieval, sixpence, Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - AD 1603), minted in AD 1573 as part of the second coinage issue between AD 1561 and AD 1582. Mint: Tower (London). Mintmark: Ermine. North p 134, no 1997.
Diameter: 24.7 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1573
Date to: Circa AD 1573
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 24.7 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, with a rose behind the head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend. Date above shield (1573)
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Ermine
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK1151
Four figure Latitude: 53.05614245
Four figure longitude: -1.83733384
1:25K map: SK1151
1:10K map: SK15SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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