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Description: | A well preserved later 16th-century lead-alloy post-medieval token depicting a double-headed eagle/crowned rose with legend 'REGINA BEATI', with scrolling detail between bottom of rose and legend and between the I and crown (North 2063; Mitchiner 4746ff.). It measures 20.7mm (diameter) x 1.2mm (thickness) and weighs 2.12g.North (1975, 140) notes that such pieces were probably medalets rather than tokens as some appear to relate to Mary, Queen of Scots. North states that were struck about 1574 AD (ibid.) but Mitchiner (1988, 1656) argues that the Beautified Queen is for the deceased Elizabeth I, and notes that the crown is of a Scottish design (rather than the English style found on the GOD SAVE crowned rose tokens) and therefore suggests a date of c.1603 to 1614 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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