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Unique ID: SF-1DE7CC
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn silver threepence of Elizabeth I, dated on the coin to 156[4?]. As North, 1975: no. 1998.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1561
Date to: Circa AD 1565
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.91 g
Diameter: 17.97 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, rose behind head(?), all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: []ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, the date 15/6[4?] above the shield, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: []/[]/[]ORE/M.MEV
Die axis measurement: 6 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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