File:DUR-7E72AD (FindID 878691).jpg

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DUR-7E72AD
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Durham County Council, benjamin westwood, 2018-03-07 16:01:38
Title
DUR-7E72AD
Description
English: A damaged and very worn Elizabeth I silver coin, dating ot he post-medieval period (1558-82).

Obverse completly worn and unidentified. Reverse: square shield with long cross forchee. Damaged around the edges and a small (4.5mm x 1.0mm) piece missing from the edge.

Diameter; 22.56mm, Thickness: 0.38mm, Weight: 1.4g

The size of this coin and reverse design suggests an Elizabeth I groat first issue dated 1558 - 1561(North 1986 p133)

or possibly; Elizabeth I threepence 2nd issue dated1561 - 1582 (North 1998 p135

Given the degree of wear and illegibility this identification is a rather speculative.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Darlington
Date between 1558 and 1582
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1558-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 878691
Old ref: DUR-7E72AD
Filename: DUR7E72AD.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1005248
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1005248/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/878691
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 4 December 2020)
Object location54° 34′ 48.36″ N, 1° 31′ 28.74″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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