Record ID: WILT-B165F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scottish silver eightpenny groat of James VI of Scotland, prior to accession to the English Throne, dating to AD 1583-1603. The obverse depicts a crowned shield with a lion rampant facing left surrounded by a beaded inner circle. The reverse depicts a crowned thistle surrounded by a beaded inner circle. Spink 2003 p 76 no 5513 (Coins of Scotland Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy) Second Edition, 2002, Spink & Son Ltd, London).
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Teffont', grid reference and parish protected.