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Unique ID: WILT-EA11BD
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval silver threehalfpence of Elizabeth I, dating to the year AD 1575. E D G ROSA SINE SPINA reverse type depicting a square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend. Date above the shield. Second issue. Mint of London. Eglantine initial mark. North p.135 no.2000.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1575
Date to: Exactly AD 1575
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.49 g
Diameter: 15.86 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 5214
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Three halfpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left with rose behind the head.
Obverse inscription: [E D G ROSA SINE SPINA]
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend. Date above the shield.
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TAS LON/[DON]
Initial mark: Eglantine
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TL9245
Four figure Latitude: 52.07007739
Four figure longitude: 0.79992508
1:25K map: TL9245
1:10K map: TL94NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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