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Unique ID: NMS-DB43C3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1582 (Second coinage). Sword inital mark. Tower mint. See North Vol. II, p. 111, no. 1997.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1582
Date to: Exactly AD 1582
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 25.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2016 - Friday 30th September 2016
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SMR reference number: 61720
Other reference: ENMD112016
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH [D G] ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend, date 1582 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI/ DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Sword
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TG4618
Four figure Latitude: 52.70372487
Four figure longitude: 1.63983497
1:25K map: TG4618
1:10K map: TG41NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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