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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-6E397E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver three pence of Elizabeth I, Tower mint, 1579.
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 1579
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.44 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd July 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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
Obverse description: Left facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETHDGANGF[RAETHIBRE]GINA
Reverse description: Crest quartered by long cross with date above
Reverse inscription: POSVIDEVADIVTOREMMEV
Initial mark: Latin cross
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
To be known as: Nr. Loughborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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