Record ID: ESS-A2C625
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a gold laurel (sovereign) coin of James I, third coinage, AD 1619-1625. Obverse: illegible (but would have been a laureated bust in armour left, with XX behind. Inscription reads [IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT] FRA ET HIB [REX]. Reverse: Long cross fleury over crowned square shield. Inscription reads FACI[AM EOS IN GENTEM UNAM]. It measures 14.54mm in diameter and weighs 2.10g. North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 2: Edward I to Charles II 1272-1662, page 147, ref. 2111-2115.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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