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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 153

Jacobean Shillings (7) | James I (1603-1625), First Coinage, Shilling, 1603-1604, (m.m) IACOBVS · D .' G .' ANG .' SCO .' FRA .' ET · HIB .' REX ·, crowned bust right, XII behind, rev. (m.m.) · EXVRGAT · DEVS · DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI ·, plain square-topped shield, 5.61g [86.58grns], 10h, m.m. thistle (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/82 this coin; Lingford II, 1200-1201; North 2072; Spink 2645), central devices flattened, contact marked, confident striking of legends, toned, near fine; another, similar, 5.76g [88.89grns], 10h, m.m. thistle (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/83 this coin; Lingford II, 1202; North 2073; Spink 2646), portrait largely worn away, contemporary scratches across central fields, bold legends, appealing deep toning, near fine; another, similar, 5.66g [87.35grns], 2h, m.m. thistle (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/84 this coin; Lingford II, 1202; North 2073; Spink 2646), scratches to the surface, obverse especially, general wear throughout, small chips in edge of flan, otherwise toned, fair; another, similar, 5.00g [77.16grns], 8h, m.m. thistle (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/85 this coin; Lingford II, 1202; North 2073; Spink 2646), clipped flan, mottled appearance, pleasing detail to ornate patterns on armour and crown, fine; another, 1604-1605, similar, 5.78g [89.20grns], 9h, m.m. lis (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/86 this coin; Lingford II, 1202; North 2073; Spink 2646), horizontal scratches across central obverse field, clipped flan, many details blundered, but good even, dark toning to obverse especially, fair; another, similar, 5.75g [88.74grns], 7h, m.m. lis (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/87 this coin; Lingford II, 1202; North 2073; Spink 2646), clipped flan, scratches and contact marks present, blundered detail in second quarter of shield, die flaw at X of denomination, toned, fair to fine; another, similar, 4.62g [71.30grns], 7h, m.m. lis (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/90 this coin; Lingford II, 1202; North 2073; Spink 2646), clipped with split in flan at 4 o'clock, reverse is double struck, toned, fair (7)

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£320

Starting price
£220