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Description: | 1562 or 1564 Elizabeth I hammered silver threepence, Third or Fourth issue. Length 20.1mm, Width 15.2mm, Thickness 1.0mm, Diameter 20.1mm, Weight 1.0g. Obverse: Crowned bust left with a rose behind head Inscription: [ELIZABETH D] G A(NG FRA ET (or Z) HIB] REGINA Reverse: Square shield with date above on long cross fourchee dividing the legend Inscription: POSDVI DEVI [UTOREM] MEV. Mint mark: PHEON (53) Mint name: London. Die axis: 60 deg. or 2 o'clock. Broken three quarters coin and in two fragments with another crack in the larger fragment. Very worn condition with grey coloured surface tarnish. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 239 No. 2564 and English Hammered Coinage Vol. 2, J.J. North, Spink 1991 reprint 2006, page 135 No. 1998.
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