Elizabeth 1, Penny 156_

[Citizen H 93]

Hello all,  I'm working on figuring out what 3 small hammered coins are 

so far,

Elizabeth 1 156_

its 12mm ish wide 

London 

I cant find anything that have the dates on them like the one I have, 

any input greatly appreciated......many thanks "H"      

[Coys55 52]

Not really my period, but it looks like a 1561 Elizabeth I threehalfpence to me.

The third, fourth and fifth issues did have dates, although not the penny.

[Citizen H 93]

  On 4/16/2025 at 2:28 PM, Coys55 said:

Not really my period, but it looks like a 1561 Elizabeth I threehalfpence to me.

The third, fourth and fifth issues did have dates, although not the penny.

Hi there, and Thank you, 

I did think threehalfpence although these are Diameter 19 mm......at its widest I measure it to be 12mm so this is why I thought Penny  I also cant see a Rose beside the bust.... unless this is rubbed out,

its been great having another person looking at things,  and please do keep suggestions coming,

 

many many thanks "H"     

[Coys55 52]

Ah, I didn’t notice the diameter. Could be a threefarthings then. 

[Coinery 1,270]

Yes, a threefarthings with Bust 3I, the threehalfpence were only ever issued with bust 3G.

You’re lucky with this one because, even though you can’t see a mintmark either side, we can say it’s a pheon (broad arrow), because you have lions 33 on the reverse, which were only ever present in combination with a pheon.

Equally all the other corroborative reverse devices are unusually clear (Lis 19, leaves 15, and shield 24). They were only ever present in combination with the bust and mintmark for 1561. Without all this lucky info (the clear devices I mean) it would’ve been difficult to even offer a mintmark. Also the date could easily have been min-interpreted without the amazing efforts of BCW.

Edit: and yes it would (does) have a rose behind the bust.

Edited April 17 by Coinery