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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-6DD227
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Threepence of Elizabeth I dating from 1575. Mintmark illegible. North 1998.
Obv: [ELI]ZABETH[D G ANG FRA ET SCOT REG] crowned bust left with rose behind
Rev: [POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM] Royal shield with date above
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1575
Date to: Exactly AD 1575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
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 left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: [ELI]ZABETH[ D G AN FR ET HI REGINA]
Reverse description: royal shield with date above
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV]
Initial mark: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Eden (District)
To be known as: Carlisle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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