Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-4B4CAA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Elizabeth I, c.1583-1603 AD. As North, 1975: no. 2017.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2016T475
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.46 g
Diameter: 13.48 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Treasure case number: 2016T475
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2017)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: E.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Tun
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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