Rights Holder: All rights reserved
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: BH-010B4D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1571. North 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: Circa AD 1571
Date to: Circa AD 1571
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.46 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th December 2013
This information is restricted for your access level.
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 right; rose in right field
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee with 1571 above
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEU
Initial mark: Castle
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP9143
Four figure Latitude: 52.07789257
Four figure longitude: -0.67356378
1:25K map: SP9143
1:10K map: SP94SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.