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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-490366
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver three pence of Elizabeth I Date to 1567-9 mint mark Coronet. Obverse: crowned bust facing left, rose behind [ELIZABETH D G AN]G FR ET HIB REGINA Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms, 156[.] above all divided by a long cross POS[UI DEU ADIVTOTEM] MEU
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 1567
Date to: Circa AD 1569
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.91 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014 - Thursday 2nd February 2017
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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
Type: Threehalfpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2000)
Obverse description: Obverse: crowned bust facing left, rose behind
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G AN]G FR ET HIB REGINA
Reverse description: shield with the royal coat of arms, 156[.] above all divided by a long cross
Reverse inscription: POS[UI DEU ADIVTOTEM] MEU
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
Parish or ward: Frampton on Severn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7508
Four figure Latitude: 51.77011122
Four figure longitude: -2.36370206
1:25K map: SO7508
1:10K map: SO70NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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