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COIN

Unique ID: WILT-28CBF2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

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 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1578

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.33 g
Diameter: 18.65 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 5068

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sixpence, threepence, three halfpence or three farthings
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, rose behind neck.
Obverse inscription: [plain cross initial mark] ELIZABETH D G ANG [FRA] ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield with long cross fourchée dividing the legend. Date of 1578 is above shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Plain cross.
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock