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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-4138CF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
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A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1569. ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA obverse type depicting a crowned bust facing left with a rose behind the head. POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV reverse type depicting a square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend. Coronet inital mark. North 1997 (North, JJ, 1991, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London p 134).
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 1569
Date to: Exactly AD 1569
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.55 g
Diameter: 25.67 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4550
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left with a rose behind the head.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Coronet
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
To be known as: Breamore
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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