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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-F36450
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete (slight damage or wear to one edge) post medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I dating to AD1560 - 1561. Initial mark cross crosslet, North Vol II type 1988.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1560
Date to: Exactly AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.53 g
Diameter: 14.45 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5036
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
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1988)
Obverse description: Crown bust facing left within wire-line inner circle
Obverse inscription: E.D.G.[R]OSA.SINE.SPINA
Reverse description: Cross moline, shield within wire-line inner circle, martlets and lions
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Cross crosslet
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
District: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hannington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1893
Four figure Latitude: 51.63552302
Four figure longitude: -1.74131391
1:25K map: SU1893
1:10K map: SU19SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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