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Auction: 22005 - British and World Coins - Spring Auction
Lot: 87

James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Crown, 9 June 1621 - 3 July 1623, Tower, IACOBVS · D ·' G ·' MAG ·' BRIT ·' FRAN ·' ET · HIB ·' REX · King on horseback right, crowned rose on caparison, rev. · QVÆ · DEVS · CONIVNXIT · NEMO · SEPARET · square-topped and garnished shield, no plume, 29.66g, 2h, m.m. thistle over 'seeded' rose (over escallop on obverse [?]) (FRC VII*/XIII*; North 2120; Spink 2664), small scratch to horse's leg and metal stressing to surfaces, the edges made round, otherwise lightly toned, a deceptively bold fine, excessively rare with perhaps only four known

In Cooper's groundbreaking thesis of the Jacobean Crown coinage (BNJ, 1970), the following note is observed: "A very interesting variety which by reason of the mint-mark 'seeded' rose (in use
during 1620/21) must be assigned to the third coinage, although both dies are characteristic of the second coinage. Particular features are the stops in the obverse and reverse legends, the large crown and rose on the housing, and the larger Scottish lion in the second quarter of the shield. On the author's specimen (see plate V) the appearance of the obverse mint-mark suggests an overstriking, which could be from a die unknown in its original state. The similarity with obverse die VI (mm. escallop) will be noticed. It has been suggested that only four specimens of this variety are in existence, and the author has found no reason to increase that estimate (see also table E, note). The above die combination is found also with mint-mark thistle overstruck. Only three specimens have been recorded (see table E, third coinage, thistle 1).

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