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Unique ID: SF-DF9667
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, dated on the coin to 1601 AD. As North, 1975: no. 2015.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1601
Date to: Circa AD 1601
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.91 g
Diameter: 27.15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015
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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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind head, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB.D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HIB.REGI:
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, the date 16/01 above the shield, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV.AD/IVTORE/M.MEV:
Initial mark: 1
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
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Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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