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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-A0DF3F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) struck at the tower mint c. 1570.
Heavily worn crowned bust facing left - rose behind head ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA
Initial Mark: Tower
Square topped shield over long cross fourchee with date above - 1570 POSVI DEVM ADIVORTEM MEVM
Initial Mark: Tower
Diameter: 22.7mm weight 2.36 grams Die Axis: 7 o'clock
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 1570
Date to: Circa AD 1570
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.36 g
Diameter: 22.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service Entry Form: SHRMS: 00877
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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: Heavily worn crowned bust facing left - rose behind head E
Obverse inscription: LIZABETH D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square topped shield over long cross fourchee with date above - 1570
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVORTEM MEVM
Initial mark: Tower
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cockshutt
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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