Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-5B6AD3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: threepence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1578 and 1580. North No. 1998.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1580
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.41 g
Diameter: 20.11 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th June 2016 - Sunday 26th June 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Bust facing left with a rose behind.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Long cross over a shield with 157[ ]
Reverse inscription: POSVI / DEV AD / IVTORE / M MEV
Initial mark: Plain cross.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP0964
Four figure Latitude: 52.27407975
Four figure longitude: -1.8695188
1:25K map: SP0964
1:10K map: SP06SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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