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Unique ID: WILT-562BF4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver post medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I, dating to AD 1561 - 5 (Pheon initial mark). Obverse: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA, head with rose behind.
Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV with square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend, the date above the shield is illegible. Second coinage.
North 1997 (North, JJ, 1981, English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, Spink & Son, London p.134, no 1997).
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 1561
Date to: Exactly AD 1565
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.78 g
Diameter: 24.95 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5128
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Bust facing left, rose behiind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield, long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: Pheon
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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