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COIN
Unique ID: NMGW-A52BE9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver coin
Elizabeth I (1508-1603) sixpence, London
Privy mark: Acorn (and dated 1573)
2.56g, worn and clipped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.56 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2013.64.13
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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llancarfan (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0271
Four figure Latitude: 51.42950075
Four figure longitude: -3.41105051
1:25K map: ST0271
1:10K map: ST07SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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