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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-DBA1C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1572
Date to: AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 19.05 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM08371
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with rose behind the head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend and 1572 above the shield
Reverse inscription: POSUI DEU ADUITOREM MEU
Initial mark: ermine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Luddingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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