James I, The Gunpowder Plot, 1605, copper Jeton otherwise a clean looking coin

otherwise a clean looking coin

by John Roettier

slightly double struck with a good portrait

BELLO edge

initial mark halved rose and castle

James I, The Gunpowder Plot, 1605, copper Jeton otherwise a clean looking coinJames I, The Gunpowder Plot, Copper Jeton, 1605, a snake glides amongst lilies and roses, DETECTVS . QVI . LATVIT . S . C . [HE WHO CONSEALS HIMSELF IS DETECTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE], rev. the name Jehovah radiates within crown of thorns, chronogrammatic date, NON DORMITASTI ANTISTES IACOBI [YOU, GUARDIAN OF JAMES, HAVE NOT SLEPT], 29mm (Eimer 86; MI i 196 19; Dugn 3599; vL II, 22). Some flan flaws, ink(?) stain on obverse, otherwise extremely fine