KENT-852FFB: Elizabethan sixpence of 1272

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Unique ID: KENT-852FFB

Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, dating to AD 1572. Second Issue, North type 1997 (North 1991, 134). Mint mark ermine. Very fine, very little wear.

Measurements: 25mm in diameter, 0.72mm thick. 2.8g in weight

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 1572
Date to: Circa AD 1572

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.72 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 25 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: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust left; rose behind head right
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH:D:G:ANG:FR:ET:HI'REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee on royal shield surmounted by date '1572'.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV.'AD/IVTORE/M:MEV:
Initial mark: Ermine
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
Parish or ward: Herne and Broomfield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR1766
Four figure Latitude: 51.35162233
Four figure longitude: 1.11497745
1:25K map: TR1766
1:10K map: TR16NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1960	English Hammered Coinage: Vol 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662	London	Spink and Son

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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