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Unique ID: SF-16AEA2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, dated on the coin to 1567 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1997.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1567
Date to: Circa AD 1567
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.45 g
Diameter: 24.45 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015
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SMR reference number: NYW 018
Other reference: Finder's Ref: 3b
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: Uncertain crowned bust left, rose behind head(?) all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB[]D.G.ANGL[]HI'REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, the date 15/67 above, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV:AD/IVTORE/M:MEV:
Initial mark: Coronet
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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