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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-BFC95A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval silver coin of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603). The coin is a threepence. Reverse:a square shield,with date 1566 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 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.35 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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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
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Elizabeth I with bust facing left and rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH [DG HIP] REGINA
Reverse description: Crossover square with date 1566 above
Reverse inscription: [POS]VI [DEV] [AD] IVTO[RE] M.MFV
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wragby area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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