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COIN
Unique ID: SF-8EA829
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I, dating to the period AD 1587-89/90. Third coinage. Crescent intial mark. Tower mint.
North vol.II, no.2015
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 1587
Date to: Exactly AD 1590
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.28 g
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 14 148
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Missing
Obverse inscription: [...AN]G FR ET [...]
Reverse description: Missing
Reverse inscription: POSVI[...]
Initial mark: Crescent
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
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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