Coins & Medals
Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
MetalworkCoin
Details
- Author / creator
- England, James I, 1603-1625
- Object type
- Coin or medal
- Date or period
- 1619–20
- Dimensions summary
- Diameter: 4.3 cm
- Place of origin
- England
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs Eleanor Vane, 1969
- Denomination
- Rose Ryal
- Issuer / ruler
- James I
- Mint
- London (Tower Mint)
- Metal
- Gold
- Weight (g)
- 13.94
- Diameter (mm)
- 43
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
This gold coin comes from the third period (1619–25) of coinage of King James I of England and features a crowned shield surrounded by roses and lions on the reverse. This is the last medieval design of the king enthroned, an excellent example of the fine designs that the ancient craftsmen managed to produce on hand-struck hammered coins.
Materials and technique
Gold
Signature and marks
IACOBUS DG MA BRI FR ET HI REX (“James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King”); Reverse, Psalm 118: A. DNO FACTUM EST ISTUD ET EST MIRAB IN OCULIS NRIS, XXX (“This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes, 30 (shillings)”)
Obverse
James I
Reverse
Shield of Arms
