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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-7628A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (AD 1558-1603). Reverse: [POSVI DEV ADIVT]OREM MEV; long cross fourchee over square shield, 1[5](8)3 above.
Obverse: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA; crowned bust left, large rose behind bust.
Third issue, North no. 2015.
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 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1583
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 11th November 2016 - Friday 11th November 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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: Crowned bust left, large rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over square shield, 1[5](8)3 above.
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV ADIVT]OREM MEV
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tarvin
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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