Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-932EB1
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver threepence coin of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth Issue (1578-1582), mintmark Greek cross (1578-1579), dated to 1578 on the reverse, Spink 2573.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1578
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th November 2017 - Sunday 19th 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: Crowned bust facing left with rose behind the head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG'.FR'.ET.HI'.REGINA
Reverse description: square shield over long cross fourchee with date 1578 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV'.ADIVTOREM.MEV'.
Initial mark: Greek cross
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SX0665
Four figure Latitude: 50.45268083
Four figure longitude: -4.73417728
1:25K map: SX0665
1:10K map: SX05SE
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 | 2014 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 49th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.259 | no.2573 |