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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-5CE69C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, post-Medieval threepence of Elizabeth I (AD1558-1603), minted in London. (North 1991: 135, ref: 1998).
Obverse: [ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG.FRA.ET]; Too worn to identify.
Reverse: POSUI.DEU.ADIUTOREM.MEU; Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription; 1579 above shield.
Measurements: diameter 19.97mm. Weight: 0.89g.
North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
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 1579
Date to: Circa AD 1579
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.89 g
Diameter: 19.97 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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
Obverse description: Too worn to identify.
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG.FRA.ET]
Reverse description: Square shield on long cross fourchée dividing the inscription; 1579 above shield.
Reverse inscription: POSUI.DEU.ADIUTOREM.MEU
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Wealden Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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