Rights Holder: Oxfordshire County Council
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Unique ID: BERK-420AC4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete but worn silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dated 1591. Mint of London, hand initial mark, North N2015.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1591
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 25.9 mm
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Other reference: OXPAS2017.205
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG FR ET HIB [...]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over square shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV' ADIVTOREM MEV'
Initial mark: Hand
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU4771
Four figure Latitude: 51.43605616
Four figure longitude: -1.32524279
1:25K map: SU4771
1:10K map: SU47SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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