Contributed by Maine State Museum
Description
This silver shilling was minted between 1592 and 1595 in England and shows Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth. It was found at the 1607 Popham Colony site in what is today Phippsburg during a June 2010 excavation. The shilling may be the second oldest coin ever found in Maine.
On the reverse is a bead circle and a plain square with the top shield quartered with the arms of France and England, over a long cross with: POSVI DE ADIVTOREM MEV (translation, I have made God my helper)
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About This Item
- Title: Shilling coin, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
- Creation Date: circa 1592
- Subject Date: circa 1607
- Location: Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Silver
- Local Code: 2011.51/P2028A
- Collection: Maine State Museum
- Object Type: Physical Object
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662
- Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
- Antiquities
- Money
- Silver coins
- Treasure-trove
- Popham Colony
- Shilling
- Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
- Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
- Coins--Great Britain
- North America--Discovery and exploration
Other Keywords
- coin
- English shilling
- Fort St. George
- Maine
- Maine's First Ship
- ME
- Popham Colony
- Raleigh Gilbert
- VIRGINIA
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Maine State MuseumMaine State Museum, 230 State Street, Augusta, ME 04330
207-287-2301
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