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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-F28D76
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark long cross, dated 1581 on coin, North 1997
Notes:
Photograph (scale based on measurements) and measurements supplied by finder. Object not seen.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1581
Date to: Exactly AD 1581
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 26 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
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, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: EL[IZABETH D ]G ANG FR ET HI REGINA
Reverse description: Square topped shield over long cross fourchee with date, 1581, above
Reverse inscription: [POSVI/ D]EV AD/[IVTORE/]M MEV
Initial mark: Long cross
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)
To be known as: Lower Beeding
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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