Rights Holder: Derby Museums Trust
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Unique ID: DENO-558CE8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver post-medieval threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Second issue, uncertain initial mark (North 1998), minted at the Tower of London, possibly 1572.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1572
Date to: Exactly AD 1572
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.02 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Other reference: Derby E8814
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 description: Indiscernible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend. Date above shield, possibly 1582.
Reverse inscription: [POSVI / DEV A]D/IVTORE/[M MEV]
Initial mark: Uncertain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK8344
Four figure Latitude: 52.98691883
Four figure longitude: -0.76506377
1:25K map: SK8344
1:10K map: SK84SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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