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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1112

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, 13.57g [209.4grns], 3h, m.m. rose (Stewartby [2001], dies A/c; AHH Virtual 159; Ryan 359; Drabble 165; Lockett 2071; North 2079; Spink 2613), cracked and hastily repaired by legs, the surfaces lightly burnished, otherwise on a full round flan, struck details approaching very fine, and a desirable example of Jacobean Britain's biggest gold coinage

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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£13000