Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-E909A9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: penny of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1561 and 1565. North No. 2001, however North does not have a penny with a pheon as an initial mark.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1561
Date to: Exactly AD 1565
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.35 g
Diameter: 12.85 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2015 - Thursday 14th April 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2001)
Obverse description: Bust facing right.
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Plain shield with a cross over it.
Reverse inscription: CIVI / TAS / LON / DON
Initial mark: Pheon.
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO7750
Four figure Latitude: 52.14780265
Four figure longitude: -2.33754485
1:25K map: SO7750
1:10K map: SO75SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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