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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-0ACBAA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD1558-1603) 1582 date just readable, coin rubbed smooth and reused as love token.
Bent into S-shape heavily clipped.
Evidence of reuse: rubbed clear one side bent s shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1582
Date to: Circa AD 1582
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Reverse description: 1582
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Conwy (Unitary Authority)
District: Conwy (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: llanfer t h
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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