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Unique ID: WREX-BF5DF1
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I of the fifth issue with the initial mark a plain cross date is 1580.Obverse has bust of the queen facing left with a rose behind. The legend reads +ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA.The reverse is a squared shield on long cross fourchée diving the legend +POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/[M] MEV.
Diameter: 26.28mm; weight: 2.7g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1580
Date to: Exactly AD 1580
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 26.28 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017 - Sunday 1st October 2017
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Other reference: Wrexham Museum Entry form No. 1232
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Bust of the queen facing left with rose behind
Obverse inscription: +ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: Squared shield on long cross fourchee
Reverse inscription: +POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/[M] MEV
Initial mark: Plain cross
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
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