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Unique ID: WMID-886079
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A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Second Issue coinage (North 1997). Initial marke: coronet dating to AD 1570 (date above shield). London mint. North (1991: 134).
Overall dimensions: 25.02mm in diameter and 2.63g 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 1570
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.63 g
Diameter: 25.02 mm
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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: Crowned bust left with rose behind head.
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH DG' ANG FR' ET HI' REGINA
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing legend, date above shield.
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV.' AD/IVTORE/M MEV.'
Initial mark: Coronet
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO9357
Four figure Latitude: 52.21117336
Four figure longitude: -2.10386383
1:25K map: SO9357
1:10K map: SO95NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 |