The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL COIN
1590
Silver Half Groat of Elizabeth I, 15mm in diameter. The obverse shows a late portrait; the queen faces left with hair down her back and a high ruff. Behind her head are two pellets. The inscription (in beaded border) reads 'Rosa Sine Spina(rose without thorns)E.DG' there is an image of a dismembered hand, which is the mint mark for 1590-92. The reverse shows a royal crest with an overlaid long cross with foliate terminals. The quarters contain two lots of three fluer de lys and three lions. The inscription reads 'civitas london'.
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