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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-46E33E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, (1558-1603). Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV; long cross over square shield, 1602 above shield. IM: 2 (1602-1603). 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: Circa AD 1602
Date to: Circa AD 1602
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Tuesday 24th April 2018
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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, rose behind bust.
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: Long cross over square shield, 1602 above shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: 2
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bickley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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