James I, The Gunpowder Plot, 1605, copper Jeton Light surface marks in fields

Light surface marks in fields both sides and with hairline down face

Fortuna standing left

patriarchal cross on three steps

well-struck for this issue

King of England and France (1422-53)

James I, The Gunpowder Plot, 1605, copper Jeton Light surface marks in fieldsJames 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). About extremely fine.