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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-4FE802
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worn post medieval silver three pence of Elizabeth I dating to the period AD 1560 - 1582. Uncertain initial mark. Tower mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1560
Date to: Exactly AD 1582
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd November 2014 - Friday 23rd November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IND23112018JS
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1998, 2033 - 2036)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, rose behind head
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH] DG AN[G FR ET HI] REG[I]
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross forchee date 1[...] above shield
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
Parish or ward: St. Margaret, Ilketshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3683
Four figure Latitude: 52.39410845
Four figure longitude: 1.46725125
1:25K map: TM3683
1:10K map: TM38SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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