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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-6C0F22
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), very worn, mint mark obscured.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.66 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: [EDGROSASINESPINA]
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée
Reverse inscription: CIVI[TAS LONDON]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Bruntingthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6089
Four figure Latitude: 52.49561645
Four figure longitude: -1.11766139
1:25K map: SP6089
1:10K map: SP68NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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