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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-65CD3A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, London, 1564.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1564
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 2.68 g
Diameter: 24 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
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
Obverse description: left facing crowned bust with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: crest quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Clawson, Hose and Harby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7227
Four figure Latitude: 52.83571584
Four figure longitude: -0.93265038
1:25K map: SK7227
1:10K map: SK72NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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