Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-C6AEBB
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver Irish shilling of James I (1603-1626), Second coinage, (1604-1607), mint mark rose (1605-1606), Third bust with short square cut beard, Spink 6515.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1605
Date to: Circa AD 1606
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 3.95 g
Diameter: 26.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th October 2015 - Tuesday 20th October 2015
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: Dublin City
Type: Shilling: James I, 1604-1619 (N 2099 - 2101)
Obverse description: third bust with short square cut beard facing right
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX
Reverse description: crowned harp
Reverse inscription: HENRICVS ROSAS REGNA IACOBVS
Initial mark: rose
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW8259
Four figure Latitude: 50.39037053
Four figure longitude: -5.06828378
1:25K map: SW8259
1:10K map: SW89NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2003 | Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 154 | no.6515 |