Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-1132F0
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth Issue (1578-1582), mintmark sword (1582), date illegible on reverse, Spink 2573.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1582
Date to: Exactly AD 1582
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd February 2016 - Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZA[BETH:D.G.ANG.FR.ET.HI.REG]INA
Reverse description: square shield over long cross fourchee but date illegible above shield
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV.ADIVTOREM.MEV.]
Initial mark: sword
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW6226
Four figure Latitude: 50.08633559
Four figure longitude: -5.32844843
1:25K map: SW6226
1:10K map: SW66NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2014 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 49th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 259 | no.2573 |