Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-8C04E1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), probably dating to AD 1572 to AD 1573, issued during the second coinage issue between AD 1561 to AD 1582. Mint Tower (London). Mintmark probably Ermine. North vol 2, p 134, no 1997.
Diameter: 24.9 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1572
Date to: Circa AD 1573
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 24.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th April 2015 - Sunday 19th April 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left. Rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG AN[ ]T HI REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend. Date 157[ ] above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/ M MEV
Initial mark: possibly ermine
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK1935
Four figure Latitude: 52.9120944
Four figure longitude: -1.71891128
1:25K map: SK1935
1:10K map: SK13NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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