unknown coin

[Guest connyladd]

Hi..Im a cab driver who found this coin in my pot! silver in colour approx 20-24mm across angular cicumferenceand smooth to touch. face of coin has elderly bearded king looking out to his left (our right) wearing crownreminds me of henry eight to look at...royal gown visible from chest up to his neck . wording hard to discern fo amateur like myself. latin type text?? reverse of coin; sheild with very slim cross through it and through the writing around the coin. 3 lions top right, bottom left also. top left and bottom right looks like 3 mounted feathers time 3 in both quadrants. only writing which i can read is POSV I

[Peckris 579]

Hi..Im a cab driver who found this coin in my pot! silver in colour approx 20-24mm across angular cicumferenceand smooth to touch. face of coin has elderly bearded king looking out to his left (our right) wearing crownreminds me of henry eight to look at...royal gown visible from chest up to his neck . wording hard to discern fo amateur like myself. latin type text?? reverse of coin; sheild with very slim cross through it and through the writing around the coin. 3 lions top right, bottom left also. top left and bottom right looks like 3 mounted feathers time 3 in both quadrants. only writing which i can read is POSV I

Hi connylad, Welcome to the forums

We'd really need to see a picture e.g. a scan of both sides. Is the coin very thin compared to modern coins? It sounds from your description like a groat of Henry VIII (and yes, he does look like himself on his coins!), and certainly POSVI ("posui" - Latin) is part of medieval legends. The feathers symbol would be the three fleur de lys that represents France, and which the Prince of Wales still uses as a heraldic device. The quartered shield with a cross is exactly right for a groat of the period. But pictures would confirm it...

[scott 144]

yea from that discription i get henry VIII groat too.

[HistoricCoinage 147]

Henry VII or Henry VIII - now we need photographs to determine its authenticity, although I suspect that it is a modern pewter reproduction.

[Peckris 579]

Henry VII or Henry VIII - now we need photographs to determine its authenticity, although I suspect that it is a modern pewter reproduction.

Could be, though from the sound of the wear it could be genuine. Mind you, resin or pewter repros are much thicker of course, and as the OP didn't mention that it was "thin", it could equally be a repro.