lion rampant and castle necklace - Spanish shipwreck pirate cob coin -

lion rampant and castle necklace - Spanish shipwreck pirate cob coin - pieces of eight

suegray jewelry

$78.00

Make this treasure yours ... a reversible lion rampant and castle shipwreck pirate cob Spanish coin necklace charm in sterling silver.

- description -
There is a lion rampant mid-roar on the obverse and a castle on the reverse, to illustrate the provinces of Leon and Castile.

Before the days of the machine stamped coin, coins were crudely made by hand, called cobs. Cob coins were made by striking a blank with a die, creating the impression on the obverse and reverse (front and back), and then after being weighed, excess was cut away, along with some of the impression... giving each and every cob its own irregular shape.

- approximate measurement - 3/4” (19mm)
- coin metal - sterling silver (.925 silver)
*** charm only - the chain is available separately here
- photographed with a US dime and inch ruler for scale
- chain sold separately but shown with a sterling silver cable chain with a spring ring

This replica was made from a Spanish colonial pirate cob. The original bronze cob was excavated from a medieval sunken pirate ship. The cob was issued during the reigns of Philip II - IV in the seventeenth century, likely Maravedis of Philip III mint in 1605.

Here's a really interesting connection made by a dear customer @bluecastlesandlittlehouses on instagram:
January 13th, 1884 is a Big Day for Emma M. Lion—she turns 21, finally has gained her majority and receives a thoughtful gift from her Alchemy friends:
“ I gasped. It was a necklace. A pendant. Similar in size to the one that had brought Maxwell home. It was not a perfect circle, but rather old and hand informed, and on it was the profile of a lion mid roar.”

Impressed with history!