![Coin, Diamond shape, Legend in three lines; OBS: / NEWA[RK] / 16..; border of beads.](/content/media/22/383072-thumbnail.jpg)
Summary
Silver lozenge-shaped seige coin; Denomination: Shilling
Struck in the town of Newark
Charles I (1625-1649)
A shilling is a 12 pence (hence Roman XII on the coin)
Obverse Description
Large crown dividing the letters CR; below, the denomination in pence in Latin numerals, XII; border of beads (left of obverse weakly struck)
Reverse Description
Legend in three lines; OBS: / NEWA[RK] / 16..; border of beads (right of reverse weakly struck)
Edge Description
plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 May 1976
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Date Issued
1645 -1646 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Silver
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
35 mm (Length), 29 mm (Width), 5.372 g (Weight)
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Shape
Diamond
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References
[Book] North, J. J. 1963. English Hammered Coinage., North 2640 Pages
[Book] Skingley, Philip. 2007. Coins of England and the United Kingdom., Spink 3143 Pages