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Unique ID: LEIC-FB4019
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I, Tower mint, 1579.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1579
Date to: Circa AD 1579
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.41 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 inscription: ELIZABETH DG ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Shield quartered by long cross, date above 1579
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEVADIVTOREMMEV
Initial mark: latin cross
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK8232
Four figure Latitude: 52.87922577
Four figure longitude: -0.78298498
1:25K map: SK8232
1:10K map: SK83SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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