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COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-1A3E48

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1578
Date to: Exactly AD 1578

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.45 g
Diameter: 20.17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th June 2017

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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: bust of queen left, with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI[B REGIN]A
Reverse description: long cross fourchee over royal shield with date above
Reverse inscription: +P[OSVI]./DEV. AD/IVTORE/M. MEV.
Initial mark: plain cross,
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock