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Unique ID: LEIC-44135C
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I, Tower mint, 1575.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Exactly AD 1575
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017 - Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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: Left facing crowned bust, rose to the right
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETHDGANGFRETHIREGINA
Reverse description: Quartered shield with date above, 1575
Reverse inscription: POSVIDEVMADIVTOREMMEVM
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK8104
Four figure Latitude: 52.62772505
Four figure longitude: -0.80474765
1:25K map: SK8104
1:10K map: SK80SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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