English gold coin

Details

• Title

  English gold coin

• Associated people

  Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558 - 1603) (ruler)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Greater London › Tower Hamlets Borough › Tower of London (mint)

• Date

  1565

• Material and technique

  gold, struck

• Denomination

  Pound

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  39 mm (diameter)
  11.24 g (weight)
  12 o'clock (die-axis)

• Inscription/mark

  ELIZABETH D G ANG FRAN ET HIB REGINA

  HIS AVIEM TRANS PER MEDIV ILLOR IBAT (around); E R (in field)

  rose

• Design

  Head of Elizabeth I, left, wearing crown (obverse)

  
  

  Coat of arms (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by A.E. Ford, 1980.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR7491

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