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Unique ID: WAW-387E27
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) minted in London between 15872 and 1583. North No. 2014.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1582
Date to: Exactly AD 1583
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.7 g
Diameter: 31.18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Monday 5th October 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2014)
Obverse description: Bust facing left.
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: Plain shield with a cross over laying it.
Reverse inscription: POSVI / DEV AD / IVTORE / M MEV
Initial mark: Bell
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP1062
Four figure Latitude: 52.25608217
Four figure longitude: -1.85492166
1:25K map: SP1062
1:10K map: SP16SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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