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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-929CB2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and abraded Silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), North First Issue coinage (1558-1561), Minted at London with cross crosslet mintmark, 1560-1561. North (1991) no. 1988.
Measurements: 14.81mm in diameter, 0.73mm thick (without folding) and 0.41g in weight.
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 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.73 mm
Weight: 0.41 g
Diameter: 14.81 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1988)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: +E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross fourchée. No date above.
Reverse inscription: +CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
Initial mark: Cross Crosslet
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
Parish or ward: Barham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2149
Four figure Latitude: 51.19745492
Four figure longitude: 1.16182545
1:25K map: TR2149
1:10K map: TR24NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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