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Unique ID: WMID-9B14C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Second issue (North 1997) uncertain initial mark, dating to AD 1561-1582. Minted at London. North (1991: 134). Coin is extremely worn on both faces.
Overall dimensions: 22.48mm in dimater and 1.17g in weight.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1561
Date to: Exactly AD 1582
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.17 g
Diameter: 22.48 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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: Illegible
Obverse inscription: [ELIZ]ABETH[...] G [...] INA
Reverse description: Royal shield over long cross fourchee.
Reverse inscription: P[...] IVTO [...]
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO5770
Four figure Latitude: 52.32639917
Four figure longitude: -2.63236728
1:25K map: SO5770
1:10K map: SO57SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p. 134 | no. 1997 |