British gold coin containing one ounce of gold with a nominal value of £100 Britannia coins of 1/2, 1/4 and 1/10 of an ounce of gold are also minted
The first known representation of Britannia as a female figure sitting on a globe, leaning with one arm on a shield, and grasping a spear in the other hand, is on a Roman coin of Antoninus Pius, who died A D 161 The figure reappeared on our copper coin in the reign of Charles II , 1665, and the model was Miss Stewart, afterwards created Duchess of Richmond The engraver was Philip Roetier, 1665 In 1825 W Wyon made a new design The King's new medall, where, in little, there is Mrs Stewart's face, and a pretty thing it is, that he should choose her face to represent Britannia by,- Pepys' Diary (25 Feb )