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Description: | 1565/6. Elizabeth I, hammered silver, threepence. Length 19.6mm, Width 18.3mm, Thickness 0.7mm, Diameter 19.6mm, Weight 1.3g. Third or fourth coinage (1561-1577). Obverse: Crowned bust right. Inscription: (ELIZA)BETH (D G)ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA. Reverse: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend. Inscription: (P)OSUI DEV ADIVITO(REM MEV). Mint Mark: Rose (33). Mint Name: London. Die Axis: 210 deg or 7 o'clock. Very worn, especially the obverse, silver colour with grey surface tarnish. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 239 No. 2565 and English Hammered Coinage Vol. 2, J.J. North, Spink 1991 reprint 2006, page 135 No. 1998.
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