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Description: | A complete Modern base metal and coated copy of a 'sixpence' of Charles I (1625-1649), 1900-2000.This coin copies the silver shillings minted at Pontefract during 1648 and 1649, the so-called 'siege' pieces. Sixpences were never minted at Pontefract, but were at Scarborough in 1644-5 and Newark in 1646. However, these latter types are square or diamond-shaped in profile, not disc-shaped as in this case.This copy seems to have been stamped and then cut out as a disc, as it has an edge on the reverse that stands slightly proud of the surface of the coin but has no edge on the obverse.Obverse: DVM:SPIRO:SPERO(While I live, I hope); Crowned CRReverse: ·OBS· (obsessum)/·VI·; Representation of Pontefract CastleDiameter: 20.5mm. Weight: 1.56g. DA=12:6.A similar coin has been recorded from Cornwall: CORN-90E423.
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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