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COIN

Unique ID: GLO-4BFE01

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1567

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Width: 14 mm
Weight: 0.51 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: only the back of the crowned bust facing left, rose behind remains
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross, 1567 above
Reverse inscription: [POSUI DEU ADIVTOTEM MEU]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor