The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL COIN
1603
This is a hammered silver shilling of James I (1603-25). This example has a 'Lis' mintmark and the reverse legend beginning -EXURGAT-, dating the coin to the first coinage of 1603-4. The obverse has a bust facing right with the roman XII in the field behind the bust. The reverse has the square-topped royal shield. The coin has some slight edge damage and apart from the portrait being worn away, it is in good condition.
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