Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: OXON-7E49CD
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver halfpenny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), third issue dating to 1583-1603. Unclear initial mark. North (1991: 135) No 2018.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1583
Date to: Exactly AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.18 g
Diameter: 11.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2019 - Thursday 20th February 2020
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Other reference: OMS receipt 2380
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfpenny (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2018)
Obverse description: Portcullis
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Long cross Moline with three pellets to quarters
Reverse inscription: none
Initial mark: Unclear
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP6402
Four figure Latitude: 51.71308992
Four figure longitude: -1.07507046
1:25K map: SP6402
1:10K map: SP60SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |