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Unique ID: GLO-B11CC0
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Silver threepence of Elizabeth I Date to 1580 Obverse: crowned bust facing left, rose behind ELIZABETH D G A[NG FR ET HIB REGINA Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross with 1580 above, [POSUI] [DE]U ADIVTOTEM MEU]
This coin have been clipped
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1580
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.11 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015 - Thursday 1st September 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, not further defined (N 1998, 2033 - 2036)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G A[NG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross with 1580 above,
Reverse inscription: [POSUI] [DE]U ADIVTOTEM MEU]
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST4871
Four figure Latitude: 51.43559917
Four figure longitude: -2.74946067
1:25K map: ST4871
1:10K map: ST47SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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