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COIN
Unique ID: SF-81F582
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver coin of Elizabeth I, probably a threehalfpence, c.1561-1582 AD. As North, 1975: no. 2000. Half of the coin is missing due to old breaks.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1561
Date to: Circa AD 1582
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.34 g
Diameter: 16.32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Ref.: 23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Three halfpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threehalfpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2000)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: []SINE.SPIN[]
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, the date 15/[] above, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: []/[]/LON/DON
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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