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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C94B40
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver post-medieval threepence of Elizabeth I, Second Issue, dated 1573. The coin is very worn and in poor condition. Ermine initial mark.
Diameter 17.7mm, thickness 0.5mm, weight 0.83g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1573
Date to: Circa AD 1573
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.83 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1998)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Long cross over royal shield, date of 1573 above.
Reverse inscription: [POSVI DEV[ ADIVTORE[M] MEV
Initial mark: Ermine
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Apley area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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