British Coins

A depiction of the obverse and reverse of a silver coin—an early medieval penny ("sceat")—from the figures decorating the margins of Moll's map of Buckinghamshire, sold separately and as Map 16 in his Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales. The illustration derives from figure 14 of Tabula II Nummi Britannici on Page 88 of William Camden's Britannia, Vol. I. Its note states "14. The fourteenth seems a woman's head with a crown; the letters worn out. On the reverse, compared with the sixteenth, twenty-fourth, and thirty-fifth, seems to be inscribed some sacred vessel or utensil." The obverse figure is now understood to be male and the reverse as a beaded banner. Notes: Obverse: TIC Reverse: TOTII or TOT II London: Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand; Tho. Bowles, Print and Map-Seller near the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles Print and Map-Seller over-against Stocks-Market. 1724.

Date

1586

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

612 × 308 pixels

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