What is it?

Can anybody help ? I found a coin in my garden recently which I can't identify. It looks a bit like an old halfpenny I've seen on many sites I've looked at ,but has some differences.It says "rosa sine spina" around a cross with dots in the corners and some letters I can't make out on one side as do most coins I've looked at ,but on the other side , they all have a kings head. Mine has what looks like a tudor rose and what looks like the word "civa" and more letters I can't make out. I appreciate its probably not worth anything but I'm intrigued as to what exactly it is and how old it is .

I would be very grateful if anybody has any ideas about what it might be . Thanks in advance .- John

 

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can u tell me the size or send a picture

 

Guy , thanks for getting back so quickly. I can't send a photo just now but its about 14mm diameter (just over half an inch). Hope this helps. Thanks again - John

 

thats all right

 

dose it have a shield were the cross is or cant u make it out

 

No, theres no shield at all .Its in quite good condition,The reason I can;t make out some details is that the coin seems to be stamped off centre so some details are half missing.

 

ok can you make anything eles out

 

Try these sites -

http://www.24carat.co.uk/coininscriptions.html
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/RosaAm.intro.html

Looks like it might be a twopence.

 

Have pics now - see attached

 

oh great i knew it was that

 

Knew it was what ???

 

that coin, i was looking on the internet for it and that is it

 

are you going to let me in on the secret then ??

 

what secret ?

 

Do you know what the coin is

 

let me find it again

 

sorry it is taking so long

 

no problem

 

sorry its the website keeps cutting off mabye another time

 

whats the name of the website??