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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-6D1764
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, Tower, initial mark and all legends clipped away, very worn and further details illegible, 1561-1603
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 1561
Date to: Exactly AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th December 2014 - Wednesday 17th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59835
Other reference: ECKW072015
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, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse inscription: [clipped]
Reverse inscription: [clipped]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0202
Four figure Latitude: 52.57827959
Four figure longitude: 0.97983244
1:25K map: TG0202
1:10K map: TG00SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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