Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: SOM-BC03E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published
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 1561
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.47 g
Diameter: 13.58 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th April 2016 - Tuesday 24th May 2016
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Other reference: SCC receipt 16994
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Three farthings
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threefarthings: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 2002, 2038)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield with date, 1561 above on a long cross fourchee, dividing the legend
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Pheon
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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