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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-D83ECE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I, Tower mint, 1572-3.
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
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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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, not further defined (N 1988, 2001, 2017)
Obverse description: left facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: EDGROSASINSSPINA
Reverse description: crest quartered by long cross
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
To be known as: Leicestershire
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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