Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: LVPL-FF8716
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603). Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV; long cross on square shield, 1593. IM: Tun. North no. 2015.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1593
Date to: Circa AD 1593
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th May 2015 - Sunday 24th May 2015
This information is restricted for your access level.
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, large rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: Long cross on square shield, 1593.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.