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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-AEA080
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver milled sixpence of Elizabeth I, 1560-71.
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 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1571
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th May 2017 - Thursday 4th May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, Milled coinage, 1560-1571 (N 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Heraldic shield on cross fourchee
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Hoby with Rotherby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6518
Four figure Latitude: 52.75571041
Four figure longitude: -1.03832929
1:25K map: SK6518
1:10K map: SK61NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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