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COIN

Unique ID: CAM-37F177

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Elizabeth I silver sixpence, fifth issue, c. AD 1591 - 1594. The obverse shows a large bust of the Queen with hair swept back and a rose behind the bust with the inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA (Elizabeth by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland). The reverse shows a long cross over the Royal Shield with 1593 above the shield. The inscription reads: POSUI DEU ADIVTOREM. Mint mark Tun.

Class: Sixpence

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1591
Date to: AD 1594

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 1.94 g
Diameter: 22.68 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th May 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: St Neots Museum, Finds Road Show

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

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: Large Bust of Queen with hair swept back, rose behind bust .
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Long Cross over Royal Shield , 1593 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSUI DEU ADIVTOREM

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: Stansted Mountfitchet (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL5126
Four figure Latitude: 51.912068
Four figure longitude: 0.193903
1:25K map: TL5126
1:10K map: TL52NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal Detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Seaby, B.A.	1999	Coins of England and the United Kingdom	London	Spink and Son Ltd	243	2578

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Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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