Modern coin – HCR37668

Obverse

Inscription:

IACOBVS D G MAG BRI FRA ET HI REX

Design:

laureate bust of James I in armour facing left, V behind head; initial mark: trefoil

Reverse

Inscription:

HENRIC' ROSAS REGNA (trefoil) IACOB'

Design:

Cross fleury over crowned square shield enclosing royal arms; initial mark: trefoil

Information

Category

English gold coin

Note

Ticket wrongly assigns the coin's issue date as 1613 rather than 1624 (the trefoil initial mark used in both years). The coin belongs to James's 'third coinage' of 1619-24.

Period

Modern

Group

Third coinage (1619-1625)

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

James VI/I, king of Scotland, king of England and Ireland, 1567–1625

Reign

Dating

1624

Mint

Tower

Denomination

Quarter-laurel

Metal

gold

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.19

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.3

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

North, J. J. - 1991 - English Hammered Coinage vol. 2 : 2119

Contributors to this coin record

jbaker, jnaylor