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POST MEDIEVAL COIN
1573
1573-1577 Elizabeth I hammered silver, three halfpence, Third issue, small flan. Length 16.1mm, Width 13.8mm, Thickness 0.6mm, Diameter 16.1mm, Weight 0.5g, Obverse: Crown, draped bust left with rose behind head. E.D:G R[OSA SINE]SPINA Reverse: Square shield on cross fourchee dividing the legend, no date above. [CIVI]TAS LON[DON] London mint, mint mark Eglantine(27), die axis 11 o'clock or 330 deg. Torn three quarters of coin only, little wear with grey/brown patina. Ref: Coins of England and the UK, Spink, 2003, page 240, no.2569 and English Hammered Coinage Vol.2, 1991 re-print 2006, J.J.North, page 135, no.2000.
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