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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-164576
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Elizabeth I, (AD 1558-1603). Reverse: CIVITAS LONDON; long cross over square shield. Initial Mark, cross crosslet (AD 1560-1). North number 1988.
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 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014 - Monday 1st December 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1988)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left.
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Long cross over square shield.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Coronet.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Navenby and Boothby Graffoe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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