Coins & Medals
Pound: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse)
MetalworkCoin
Details
- Author / creator
- England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603
- Object type
- Coin or medal
- Date or period
- 1595–98
- Dimensions summary
- Diameter: 3.8 cm
- Place of origin
- England
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of the Linfield Collection, 1969
- Denomination
- Pound
- Issuer / ruler
- Elizabeth I
- Mint
- London (Tower Mint)
- Metal
- Gold
- Weight (g)
- 11.18
- Diameter (mm)
- 38
About this object
For a long time all Elizabethan gold was considered as one series, but now it is divided into three, in accordance with who was in charge of the Tower mint and in accordance with the sequence of initial marks. On the reverse the initial mark is a key and can be seen just before the start of the inscription. On the obverse is a woolpack although it is overstruck. This points to the reuse of the die.
Materials and technique
Gold
Signature and marks
Obverse: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA (“Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland.”); Reverse: SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EAM (“May the shield of faith protect her.”)
Obverse
Elizabeth I
Reverse
Crowned Shield of Arms
