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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-891064
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Threepence of Elizabeth I dating from AD1572-73. Mintmark ermine.
Obv: ELIZABETH [D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA] / crowned bust fleft with rose behind
Rev: POSVI [DEV ADIVTOREM MEV] / Long cross fourchee dividing legend over square shield with date above
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 1572
Date to: Circa AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.58 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 18.23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: crowned bust fleft with rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH [D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee dividing legend over square shield with date above
Reverse inscription: POSVI [DEV ADIVTOREM MEV]
Initial mark: ermine
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Copeland (District)
To be known as: Ravenglass
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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