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Unique ID: SF-131481
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver groat of Elizabeth I, dated on the coin to 1574 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 1574
Date to: Circa AD 1574
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.81 g
Diameter: 25.59 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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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: Crowned bust left, rose behind head, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR' ET HI' REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, the date 15/74 above the shield, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV'AD/IVTORE/M.MEV.
Initial mark: Eglantine
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
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Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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