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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 181

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | James I (1603-1625), First Coinage, Sovereign 1604-1605, Tower, (m.m.) •IACOBVS • D .' G.' ANG .' SCO .' FRAN .' ET • HIB .' REX • second crowned and cuirassed half-length bust right, wearing damascened armour, holding orb and shouldering sceptre, rev. (m.m.) • EXVRGAT • DEVS • DISSIPENTVR • INIMICI •, crowned square-topped and garnished shield, dividing I-R, 11.05g [170.8grns], 4h, m.m. thistle (Montagu -; Murdoch -; Bliss -; Raynes -; Ryan -; Lingford 874 same reverse die; Lockett 3311 same obverse die; cf. Schneider II, 2; North 2066; Spink 2609), some cabinet friction behind bust, otherwise a broad and uniform striking on a full flan, residually lustrous and toned, extremely fine, and excessively rare, the second 'damascened' bust seldom if ever encountered at auction, only four traced with the thistle mintmark

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Baldwin, by private treaty, 3 November 1978 - £2,500
H P Hall, Part III, Glendining, 26-27 July 1950, lot 96* - sale cancelled as collection purchased en bloc by Spink


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Sold for
£50,000

Starting price
£12000