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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-AC172A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn post-medieval silver threefarthing of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) dating to the period AD 1561-1582. Probably Tower mint. Class not further defined.
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 1561
Date to: Circa AD 1582
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 13.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd December 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Metal Detectives Xmas Dig 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Three farthings
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threefarthings: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 2002, 2038)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROS[A SINE SPINA]
Reverse description: Long cross over royal shield
Reverse inscription: [CIVITAS] LONDON
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3702
Four figure Latitude: 51.71551524
Four figure longitude: -1.46584068
1:25K map: SP3702
1:10K map: SP30SE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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