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COIN
Unique ID: SF-F50831
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I, dating to the year AD 1574. Second coinage. Eglantine or acorn initial mark. Tower mint.
North vol.II, no.1997
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1574
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 2.41 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 043
Other reference: NH 14-119
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: Crowned bust left, rose behind the head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on a long cross fourchee dividing the legend, the date 1574 above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Eglantine or acorn
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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