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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-701FC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Sixpence of Elizabeth I dating from 1594. 6th issue the initial mark wooplack.
Obv: ELIZAB [D G] ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Rev: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Ref: North 2015
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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 1594
Date to: Exactly AD 1594
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th April 2016
Personal details
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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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB [D G] ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over square shield with date above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: woolpack
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Holt
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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