Crown of the Rose Público Deposited
By a proclama- was ordered to be struck. This coin was an imitation of the French Couronne du Soleil, and it was made current for four shillings and sixpence, to which value the French coin was also raised. As the ex- portation of gold to France and Flanders did not cease, it was thought that this could be stopped by an increase in the nominal value of this and other gold coins, and consequently on November 5, 1526, an- other proclamation was issued, by which another crown, called the Crown of the Double Rose, was to be made, and which should be current for five shillings. The latter coin is the regular issue of the gold Crown (q.v.).
As the existence of such a coin as the Crown of the Rose was questioned for a long time a detailed description of this great rarity follows : Obv. A shield crowned bearing the arms of England and France quarterly, all with- in two inner circles, the innermost one linear, the outer dotted, both pierced above by the ball and cross on top of the crown, mm. a rose, legend HENRIC' .8 : DEI : GRA' : REX :AGI' :Z :FRA'; Rev. A full-blown single rose of five petals, surrounding it four fleurs de lis arranged crossways, be- tion of August 22, 1526, a new English gold coin, called the Crown of the Rose, tween these a lion passant guardant and the letter H crowned, placed alternately, all within inner circles as on the obverse, mm. a rose, legend HENRIC' : RVTILANS : ROSA : SINE : SPINA, the letters on both sides in Roman characters, except the letter H, the numeral Arabic. See American Jour- nal of Numismatics (xliv, 22).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)