Obverse: DETECTVS. QVI. LATVIT. S. C. - He, who concealed himself, is detected. By order of the Senate; around linear inner circle, a snake gliding amongst lilies and roses.
Reverse: NON DORMITASTI ANTISTES IACOBI [chronogrammatic date DMIIICI (MDCIIIII = 1605)] - You (i.e. God), the keeper of James, have not slept; around linear inner circle, name of Jehovah in Hebrew, radiate, within a border of thorns.
Composition: AE. Average diameter: 29mm.
Eimer 86.

Macbeth references the Gunpowder plot, and King James directly when Lady Macbeth tells her husband to:
“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”

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