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Unique ID: BUC-EE360E
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver, post medieval, six pence, of Elizabeth I, AD.1558-1603, tun intial mark, AD.1592, third coinage, North No. 2015.
Obverse, Bust worn off, ELIZAB D G ANG [FR ET HIB REG]I
Reverse, Long cross fourchee over royal shield, date above 1592, POSVI/DEV AD/IVTOR/EM MEVM
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1592
Date to: Circa AD 1592
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.31 g
Diameter: 25.56 mm
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Other reference: ACYBM 4864
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: Bust illegible
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG [FR ET HIB REG]I
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over royal shield, date above 1592
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV AD/IVTOR/EM MEVM
Initial mark: tun
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU6640
Four figure Latitude: 51.15545788
Four figure longitude: -1.05766289
1:25K map: SU6640
1:10K map: SU64SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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