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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-DEA829
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extensively damaged and incomplete penny probably of Elizabeth I (r,1558-1603). Obverse: scuffed and illegible. Reverse: long cross over royal shield. Diameter 14.4 mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 14.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th March 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchée. No date above.
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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