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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 185

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Rose-Ryal [of 30-Shillings], 1605-1606, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT | FRAN .' ET • HIBER .' REX • King seated on plain throne with small volutes, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by pillars, Portcullis below atop plain tressure through which it and the throne breaks, rev. (m.m.) • A • DNO .' FACTVM • EST • ISTVD • ET • EST • MIRAB .' IN • OCVLIS • NRIS • Royal Shield set atop Tudor Rose, spandrels plain, 13.80g [213.0grns], 1h, m.m. rose (Stewartby [2001], dies A/c; AHH Virtual 159 this coin; Ryan 359 same dies; Drabble 165 same dies; Haswell = Lingford 880 same dies; Lockett 2071 same obverse die; North 2079; Spink 2613), a nick to I of IACOBUS and a tiny depression above Royal shield, otherwise a superb example, handsomely round and uniformly struck-up, the devices accentuated by flares of residual lustre, a really good very fine / nearly extremely fine, rare in this state

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Alderman Hird, by private treaty with Spink, 6 June 1962 - £275.0.0


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Sold for
£32,000

Starting price
£15000