Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-F15036
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), fifth coinage, dated 1594
Obverse description: Bust left, rose behind head. Small chip.
Obverse inscription: [---]ANG'.FR.[E]T.HI'[REG]
Reverse description; Shield of Arms of England and France, long cross, date over shield. Mintmark woolpack (124).
Reverse inscription: POS[VI]/DEV.AD/IVTORE/[---]
Diameter: 24.8mm, Weight: 2.67gms, die axis: 2
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1594
Date to: Exactly AD 1594
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.67 g
Diameter: 24.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Other reference: NLM34039
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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: Bust left, rose behind head.
Obverse inscription: ---]ANG’.FR.[E]T.HI’[REG]
Reverse description: Shield of Arms of England and France, long cross, date over shield.
Reverse inscription: POS[VI]/DEV.AD/IVTORE/[---]
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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