Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-B65876
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603). Reverse: [POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV]; long cross over square shield, 1582 above. Second issue. North no. 1997.
Heavily clipped.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1582
Date to: Circa AD 1582
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Thursday 6th August 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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 left, rose behind head.
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Long cross over square shield, 1582 above.
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV]
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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