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COIN

Unique ID: BUC-7DE851

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

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 1562
Date to: Circa AD 1562

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.77 g
Diameter: 25.95 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th September 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4980

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

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: bust left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D' G' ANG' FRA' ET HI' REGINA
Reverse description: Royal shield with long cross fourchee date above 1562
Reverse inscription: POSVI/DEV' AD/IVTORE/M: MEV'
Initial mark: pheon
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock