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COIN

Unique ID: ESS-958BB4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: CIMS
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1574
Date to: Exactly AD 1574

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.74 g
Diameter: 26.34 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: OEF 7937

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)
Obverse description: Bust of the Queen in profile facing left with a rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA.
Reverse description: Cross fourchee over the royal shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI / DEV AD / IVTORE / M MEV.
Initial mark: Eglantine
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine