Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-D15AD2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) Sixth Issue (1582-1600) woolpack (1594-1596) dated to 1594 on the reverse, with bust 6C on obverse, Spink 2578B.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1594
Date to: Exactly AD 1594
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.49 g
Diameter: 25.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 24th August 2018 - Friday 24th August 2018
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
Obverse description: crowned bust 6C facing left with rose behind head
Obverse inscription: ELIZAB D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchee with 1594 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Initial mark: woolpack
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW8566
Four figure Latitude: 50.45433946
Four figure longitude: -5.03015383
1:25K map: SW8566
1:10K map: SW86NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2014 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom, 49th edition | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.260 | no.2578B |