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Unique ID: HESH-07F256
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Worn silver shilling of James I (1603-1625); Second Coinage (1604-1619) Fifth bust - initial mark uncertain: probably Tun (1615-1616) or Book (1616-1617)
North: 2101
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1615
Date to: Circa AD 1617
Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.42 g
Diameter: 31.4 mm
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Other reference: Hereford Museum Object Entry Form: HFDMG: 4102
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: James I, 1604-1619 (N 2099 - 2101)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing right with value mark XII behind head
Obverse inscription: IACOBVS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX
Reverse description: Quartered square topped royal shield
Reverse inscription: QVAE DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET
Initial mark: Book or Tun
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |