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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 183

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, 'Ship Noble' or Spur Ryal, 1605-1606, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT .' FRAN .' ET • | HIB .' REX, King holding sword and Royal shield, standing three-quarters facing in Galleon, double-rose set atop lower of two gun decks, ropes 3/3, I on standard, plain masts either side of King, choppy waters lap below, rev. (m.m.) • A • DNO .' FACTVM • EST • ISTVD • ET • EST • MIRABILE • rose upon radiant sun, alternating crowned Leopards and floriate cross terminals in angles, small trefoils in spandrels, 6.73g [103.7grns], 2h, m.m. rose (AHH Virtual 162 this coin; Schneider II, 11 same dies; North 2080; Spink 2614), a bright and residually lustrous coin with traces of doubling to peripheries, otherwise handsomely uniform, on a neat round flan, a pleasing very fine / good very fine, very rare and with an esteemed pedigree

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Alderman Hird, Part II, December 1964, lot 21 - £1,750.0.0
Lockett, Part II, Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2076 - £160.0.0
J Pierpont-Morgan, collection part purchased by Lockett,1915
'Plates of the Evans Collection', c. 1912-1914, lot 2623*
Sir John Evans, collection purchased en bloc by Pierpont-Morgan, c. 1909

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Sold for
£70,000

Starting price
£25000