Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-18C2B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Issue (1559-1560), mintmark lis (1558-60), wire line with beaded inner circles and no pearls on bodice of obverse bust, type 1D, Spink 2549.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1559
Date to: Circa AD 1560
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 5.65 g
Diameter: 33 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Sunday 31st August 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Groat: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1986)
Obverse description: crowned bust 1D facing left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH:D.G.ANG.FRA.Z.HIB.REGINA
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV.ADIVTOREM.MEV
Initial mark: lis
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW5032
Four figure Latitude: 50.13526966
Four figure longitude: -5.49980675
1:25K map: SW5032
1:10K map: SW52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 | 236, | no.2549 |