Record ID: CAM-304139
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth (1558-1603), second issue (1561-82; North 1998), initial mark: ermine (1572-3). Ref: North 1991:131. Obverse shows an unclear crowned bust left, rose behind head. Obverse legend reads ELIZABETH[DG]ANG.FR[...]HI. REGIN[A]. Reverse shows a partially clear square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend, no date visible. Reverse initial mark is an ermine (AD1572-1573). Reverse legend reads POSV[I]/DEV.AD/[IV]TORE/[M.M]EV. Die axis is 5 o'clock. Weight is 1.25g, diameter is 20.5mm, thickness is 0.4mm. This coin is slightly be…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-90367D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn and heavily clipped silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), dated 1571 (North 1998). Ref: North 1991: 135. The coin in clipped to a small size but the inner circle (measureable on the reverse) is 14.5mm suggesting the coin is a threepence, as does the date of 1571. Obverse and obverse legend are completely worn and illegible but would have shown a crowned bust left, rose behind - [ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA]. Reverse is worn but shows an unclear royal shield, [15]71 above. Reverse legend is mostly illegible but reads [P]OSV[I/ DEV. AD/IVTORE/M.MEV]. …
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.