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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-1441BB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver medieval threepence of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1573. Initial mark: acorn. London mint. North: 1998.
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 1573
Date to: Exactly AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.38 g
Diameter: 19.84 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th August 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4939 7r
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
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZA[BETH DG ANG FRA] ET H[IB REGINA]
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV AD[IVTOREM MEV] 1573
Initial mark: Acorn
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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