Accession No
Z 16323 F.1-2
Description
Two sixpences, both very worn, one with part of inscription reads: 'GRA ·'; the other one has part of inscription reads: 'O'.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Pembroke College
Period
Post Medieval ?17th century
Source
Masters and Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16323 F.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Silver
Local Term
Measurements
25mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16323 [A-H]: 'Coins and tokens: 5 Nuremberg tokens (Sixteenth Century); Square token, German; 2 six pences and shilling Elizabeth I, 1581 and 1602; 2 sixpences, Seventeenth century; 3 tokens, Eighteenth Century. Commemorative medal of Admiral's destruction of Carthagena. 1741.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1959.66-90; 1969.98-9 [sic].
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Related Documents)
Hand-written note on envelop which contained the coins Z 16323 [F.1-2] reads: 'Two sixpences ? 17th century. Pembroke College'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Field collection)
Found during building alterations to Pembroke College, 1875-1878.
Event Date 1875
Author: maa
Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 24.
Event Date 1974
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Two sixpences, both very worn, one with part of inscription reads: 'GRA ·'; the other one has part of inscription reads: 'O'.
Event Date 19/10/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:305159
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