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Unique ID: WMID-ADBACA
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An incomplete clipped silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), dating AD 1594. Minted at the Tower (London). Mint mark: Woolpack. North vol 2, p 137, no 2015.
Diameter: 22.9 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 2.0 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1594
Date to: Circa AD 1594
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 22.9 mm
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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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left. Rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB DG AN[ ]
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee.
Reverse inscription: POSVI[ ]MEV
Initial mark: woolpack
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK3006
Four figure Latitude: 52.65090757
Four figure longitude: -1.55799083
1:25K map: SK3006
1:10K map: SK30NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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