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COIN
Unique ID: SF-3DDF89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered sixpence struck for Elizabeth I, dating to 1572. Tower mint, initial mark; ermine. As North 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: Circa AD 1572
Date to: Circa AD 1572
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.16 g
Diameter: 24.61 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th June 2017
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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: Crowned bust left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D.G ANG FRA ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Royal arms quartered by cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEVM AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Ermine
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Wetherden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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