Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-39FF8E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1570 and 1572. Second Issue: North No. 1997.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1570
Date to: Exactly AD 1572
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.49 g
Diameter: 24.51 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd July 2014 - Wednesday 1st October 2014
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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: Bust facing left, with a rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D ANG FR ET HIG REGI
Reverse description: Shield with a cross over it. Dated 15[ ].
Reverse inscription: POSVI / DEV AD / IVTORE / M MEV
Initial mark: Castle
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO1054
Four figure Latitude: 52.17688778
Four figure longitude: -3.31758845
1:25K map: SO1054
1:10K map: SO15SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.