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Unique ID: DOR-48B3C8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to 1573.
Initial Marks: Ermine/Ermine
Reference: North Vol. II, No. 1997
Date: Post Medieval - 1573
Diameter: 25.05 mm
Weight: 3.05 g
Die axis: 6
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1573
Date to: Exactly AD 1573
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.05 g
Diameter: 25.05 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th March 2015
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Other reference: SCMS 016466
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, crowned facing left. Rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over royal shield. Date above the shield 1573.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/ DEV. AD/IVTORE/M MEV.
Initial mark: Ermine
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST7820
Four figure Latitude: 50.97898407
Four figure longitude: -2.31474914
1:25K map: ST7820
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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