Tudor & Stuart Coins Gallery
Tudor & Stuart Coins Gallery
This page covers the Tudor, 1485-1603, and Stuart, 1603-1714, periods. All the coins shown in this gallery were found in Martham over the past 50 years by a small number of dedicated metal detector enthusiasts. They have spent many hundreds of hours field walking. Individually the coins have little significance but their real value is as a collection demonstrating human occupation of the parish from 1485 to 1714.
Dates in brackets represent the period the coin was minted.
Henry VII groat (4d). 1485 to 1509. Contributor PD.
Elizabeth I. 1567. 6d.
Contributor Jean.
Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, half groat (2d). Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth I facing left, legend around, mintmark above. Like so many of these coins the reverse is well worn.
Contributor A.
Elizabeth I sixpence of 1571.
Contributor A.
Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, shilling.
A worn obverse that would otherwise show beaded and wire line inner circles both sides, elaborate bust left with squat narrow crown, eight pearls to the outer arch, emblems in crown consisting of a cross pattee at centre with fleur-de-lis either side, long flowing hair.
Contributor A.
Charles I, 1625-1649, Silver penny. The obverse has the bust facing left. with “I” in Roman numerals behind, indicating the value of a penny. The reverse has the Royal oval shield quartered with garniture.
Contributor A.
Charles I (1625-1649) shilling.
The obverse has the bust facing left. with “XII” in Roman numerals behind, indicating the value of a shilling. The reverse has the Royal oval shield quartered with garniture.
Contributor A.
The same type of coin as above but in a poorer condition.
Same contributor.
James II shilling of 1685. James only reigned from 1685-1688 so not many of his coins could have been lost in Martham.
Contributor A.
William III, 1689-1702. Gold guinea coin weight. Contributor A.
The guinea was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where much of the gold used to make the coins was sourced.
George I sixpence of 1723. Found in November 2023.
The finder wishes to remain anonymous