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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-A393C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval threepence of Elizabeth I dating from 1580 or 1581. Fifth issue. Mintmark: long cross
Obv: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Rev: [POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MVE]
Ref: North 1998.
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 1580
Date to: Circa AD 1581
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.1 mm
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over square shield with date above
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV]
Initial mark: long cross
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Windermere
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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