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COIN

Unique ID: WILT-A08D19

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A silver post medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1580-1581 (Second coinage). Tower mint, Long Cross initial mark. North, Vol. II, p. 124, no. 1997.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1580
Date to: Circa AD 1581

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.64 g
Diameter: 25.3 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 4630

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: Crowned bust facing, rose behind bust
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Shield with 1581 above
Reverse inscription: POSVA/IVTOR/DEV/M MEV
Initial mark: Long cross
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Brampton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG2224
Four figure Latitude: 52.76793919
Four figure longitude: 1.28931471
1:25K map: TG2224
1:10K map: TG22SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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