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Unique ID: WILT-B009BB
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I, dating to AD 1584-1587. Third coinage, escallop initial mark. London mint. North (1991: 137) no. 2017.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1584
Date to: Circa AD 1587
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.48 g
Diameter: 12.7 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 5496
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, 1582-1603 (N 2017)
Obverse description: Crowned facing left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: Square shield on cross fourchee.
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Initial mark: Escallop
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST9587
Four figure Latitude: 51.58183637
Four figure longitude: -2.07355512
1:25K map: ST9587
1:10K map: ST98NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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