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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: BUC-399B0B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three worn Elizabethan silver shillings
1. 5.57g & 31.81mm dia. Obverse: Portrait almost worn away. Mintmark: cross crosslet, 2nd issue 1560-61. 'ELIZABETH:D.G.ANG.FR'ET.HIB REGINA. Reverse: Shield POSVI DEVM IVTOREM MEVM
2. 5.98g & 31.77mm dia. Obverse: Portrait almost worn away. Mintmark: woolpack, 1594-96. 'ELIZAB:D.G.ANG.FRA 'ET.HIB REGI. Reverse: Shield CIVITAS LONDON
1. 6.14g & 30.51mm dia. Obverse: Portrait almost worn away. Mintmark: tun, 1591-94. 'ELIZAB:D.G.ANG.FR' 'ET.HIB REGI. Reverse: Shield POSVI DEVM IVTOREM MEVM
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2015T723
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1596
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.57 g
Diameter: 31.81 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2015T723
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Hoggeston area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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