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Auction: 16014 - The Dr Paul Broughton Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins
Lot: 447

(x) James I (1603-1625), second coinage, Spur Ryal, 6.89g, m.m. escallop (over rose on rev.), iacobvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, king holding sword and shield, standing in ship, i on flag at stern, rose on side of ship, rev. a dno factvm est istvd et est mirabile, rose on spur rowel at centre, lis and crowned lions around (cf. Schneider 11-13; N.2080; S.2614), extremely fine, very rare

provenance

Cdr. J B Spurgin, Glendining, 14 January 1944, lot 10, bought by Spink

DNW, 28 September 2006, lot 580

Illustrated on the back cover and in The Art of Coins and their Photography by Gerald Hoberman.


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Sold for
£70,000