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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D39233
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post Medieval silver Halfpenny of Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603 AD. The obverse has a portcullis with mintmark above. The reverse has a long cross with three pellets in each quarter. Woolpack is the mintmark making this coin a sixth issue dating 1594 - 1596 AD. Reference Spink 2581.
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 1594
Date to: Circa AD 1596
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.23 g
Diameter: 9.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2018)
Obverse description: Portcullis with mint mark above
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: West Challow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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