Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-06FBAB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A complete cut quarter, probably from a penny, probably issued by Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), but it could date from AD 1547 to AD 1603, due to the style of the shield.
Length: 8.1 mm
Width: 8.1 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.2 g
Evidence of reuse: Cut quarter
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1547
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.1 mm
Width: 8.1 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd May 2015 - Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Henry VII - Charles I
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver coin of Henry VII to Charles I, rev. coat of arms
Obverse description: unclear
Obverse inscription: [ ]S I[ ]
Reverse description: square shield
Reverse inscription: illegible
Initial mark: unclear
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ9928
Four figure Latitude: 52.8494997
Four figure longitude: -2.01629176
1:25K map: SJ9928
1:10K map: SJ92NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.