Obv: View of cross, COVENTRY CROSS * ERECTED 1544 TAKEN DOWN 1771 around. Rev: Arms of Coventry, crest a leopard, THE ARMS OF COVENTRY around, 1797 below. Edge: COVENTRY TOKEN.
Uncirculated. Bronzed proof with deep mirrors. Some tiny marks and obverse flaw at top. Scarce.
A market cross was first erected in 1423 in Coventry, was replaced with the cross seen on the medalet, then taken down in 1771.