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COIN
Unique ID: SF-9A8338
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and clipped silver hammered sixpence of Elizabeth I, dated to 1569 (on coin). North 1997.
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 1569
Date to: Circa AD 1569
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.04 g
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th October 2017
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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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: [...]BETH D G [...]
Reverse description: Cross fourchee quartering royal arms
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/IV[....]
Initial mark: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Roydon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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