Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-DA4417
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh issue (1601-02), initial mint mark '2', dated to 1602 on the reverse, bust 6C, Spink 2585. There is a crease mark across the axis ending in a split in the edge on one side.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1602
Date to: Exactly AD 1602
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th June 2017 - Friday 16th June 2017
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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 6C facing left with rose behind head​
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB'.D.G.'ANG.'FR.'ET.'HIB.'REGI.'
Reverse description: square shield over long cross fourchée with date 1602 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV.ADIVTOREM.MEV
Initial mark: 2
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW4030
Four figure Latitude: 50.11302066
Four figure longitude: -5.63808901
1:25K map: SW4030
1:10K map: SW40NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2008 | Coins of England & The United Kingdom, 43rd Edition | London | Spink | 241 | no.2585 |