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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-2E8BE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, Tower, ermine initial mark, North 1997, 1572-3
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 1572
Date to: Exactly AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th March 2015 - Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 56967
Other reference: DDMD042015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Initial mark: ermine
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Billingford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0807
Four figure Latitude: 52.62090429
Four figure longitude: 1.07138893
1:25K map: TG0807
1:10K map: TG00NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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