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I can't help you with the texts beyond those you have mentioned, but just for interest here is my James I sixpence. It holds my space for that monarch as the best bust I have had, even though the edge is rather irregular. I believe S2670, 1623, MM Lis:

Those are really nice grade. More often than not, the 'silver' pieces are found with little to no coating/plating, and the iron beneath will occasionally have rust spots. Most of these are relatively common Lauer made pieces. These will have come from different sets, as there is a mixture of young head, jubilee head and diamond jubilee pieces in here. While mostly common, these are still desirable due to the good condition. The piece on the bottom right (brass model penny) is made by Joseph Moore of Birmingham. There are many different varieties/dies for this series, covered by a book by Tony Barter which is available online (I think the website was called blurb - printed to order). The only piece which I don't immediately recognise is the top right (brass/gilded jubilee Victoria head/St George rev.). Hope this is of interest. Kai

Wow some lovely coins there seldom seen like that and the 1897 set is a lot rarer than many think esp in top grade - some lovely lauers in there

Amazing details for a hammered coin paddy

Wow, James I... not rubbed out like any of my humble collection, 1567 onwards nice to see, All the best "H"

Here are a couple of group pics of the British coins, I bought 36 on a little felt lined box, I think I have posted one of each type. I also bought a mixed lot in lesser condition including quite a lot of German coin types. Jerrj

If I am ever lucky enough to be able to build up a hammered collection, then I think I would concentrate on Charles I and the Tudor. Such fascinating periods of history! The usual translation of "CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO" usually is "I reign under the auspices of Christ". Charles I very much believed in the divine right of kings, meaning that kings only have to answer to God. Like you have pointed out, this didn't go well with parliament and resulted in his execution. You might already know the legend of the Elizabeth sixpence " POSVI DEV. ADIVTOREM. MEV" which translates to "I have made God my helper" and refers to Psalm 54:4. Both coins were once bent and then straightened. This is very common with hammered coins and many reasons have been given. E.g. it was a way to detect forgery as silver bends easily, they were bent to make love tokens etc.

Yes, a different reverse die, mine’s the only reverse die of its kind I’ve found so far, with that double ring of pellets around the left half of the coin. By stable mate, I meant that the two coins were sold together in the same lot at the Wilkinson sale. I wasn’t paying attention, I thought both the tickets you supplied with the coin were yours. It wasn’t until this morning I realised one of them was W.W’s ticket

And the reverses!

Picked up this gem recently. None of my books have an image or plate just descriptions. There's no plate examples in Spinks coins of England or Ivan Bucks Medieval groats so assume it's pretty rare. Type IIIa S.2198

Can someone please explain the difference in the legend at the lower left between these 2 coins. also, one has a dot after the date,

Any idea what this may be?