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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-14CB77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dated to the year AD 1590 (Third coinage). Hand initial mark. Tower mint. See: North, no. 2015.
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 1590
Date to: Exactly AD 1590
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd September 2016 - Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30449
Other reference: IND28092017JS
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG FR ET HIB REG[INA]
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV
Initial mark: Hand
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Haveringland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1520
Four figure Latitude: 52.7348659
Four figure longitude: 1.18310938
1:25K map: TG1520
1:10K map: TG12SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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