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Unique ID: GLO-4BE553
Object type certainty: Certain
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A very worn sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to 1558-1603 Obverse: no detail visible. [ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA] Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms, all divided by a long cross [POSUI DEU ADIVTOTEM MEU]
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.78 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd December 2019 - Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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, not further defined (N 1997, 2015, 2024 - 2031)
Obverse description: no detail visible.
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: shield with the royal coat of arms, all divided by a long cross
Reverse inscription: [POSUI DEU ADIVTOTEM MEU]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO9115
Four figure Latitude: 51.83353722
Four figure longitude: -2.13201528
1:25K map: SO9115
1:10K map: SO91NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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