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Auction: 21005 - The Piccadilly List (Fixed Price, First Come First Served)
Lot: 6

BUY NOW: £11,250 | XF45 | *Top Pop* | James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, 'Fine Gold', Rose-Ryal, 1612-1613, IACOBVS D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT | FRAN .' ET • HIBER .' REX •, King seated on ornate throne, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis below, rev. (m.m.) • A • DNO • FACTVM • EST • ISTVD • ET • EST • MIRAB • IN • OCV .' NRIS •, square-topped shield over cross fourchée with heart-shaped terminals, heraldic devices in angles, 13.55g, 1h, m.m. Tower (over mullet over coronet on obv. only) (Lockett 4400, same dies; Stewartby [BNJ, 2001], pp. 87-90, dies Cj; Schneider II, 10 same dies; North 2079; Spink 2613), some flatness in legends at 12 o'clock and on central devices, otherwise uniformly round and a solid representative from a remarkably underappreciated type within the largest issues of the entire English Hammered gold series, almost very fine and very rare, only six noted by Stewartby, in NGC holder, graded XF45 (Cert. #5878683-001) [*Top Pop*]

Provenance
Spink 226, 26-27 March 2014, lot 1465
SCMB, List 565, July 1965, G1497 - 'Tower mintmark seven times as rare as mm. rose. VF but for weakness at King's face, RR' - £160.0.0



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Estimate
£11,250

Starting price
£11250