Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-CE9FD2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of Charles I, (1625-1649AD).
Obverse: CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FR ET HIB REX; crowned bust left, VI behind.
Reverse: CHRISTO AUSPICE REGINO; garnished oval shield.
Possibly Group D, North no. 2241.
Clipped.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.8 g
Diameter: 23.54 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2012
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Charles I, Group D (N 2240, 2241)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, VI behind.
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FR ET HIB REX
Reverse description: Garnished oval shield.
Reverse inscription: CHRISTO AUSPICE REGINO
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Smallwood
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: LVPL-07DFCC
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
An incomplete post medieval silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), Group D dating to 1635-6. Initial mark: crown. Cf. North Vol II, p.161 …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: LVPL-25FA95
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Silver shilling of Charles I, (1625-1649).
Obverse: CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FRA ET HIB REX; crowned bust left.
Reverse: [CHRISTO AUSPICE REGN…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: WREX-6C021C
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A worn silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649AD). Obverse has the crowned bust of the king facing left with VI behind. The legend CAROLVS …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618