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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-C7E51C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603 AD), Third issue. Initial mark: A.
Illegible obverse and reverse.
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 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1585
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 1.06 g
Diameter: 22.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Ilegible
Reverse description: Ilegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Initial mark: A
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Tenterden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8832
Four figure Latitude: 51.05656244
Four figure longitude: 0.68123559
1:25K map: TQ8832
1:10K map: TQ83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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