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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1118

James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Laurel, 18 June 1624 - 7 July 1625, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET HIB : REX, colon stops, fine border beading, fourth laureate and cuirassed bust left, small ties by value, rev. FACIAM EOS IN GENTEM VNAM (m.m.), no stops in legend, coarse border beading, crowned square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 9.05g, 10h, no stops by m.m. trefoil (Schneider II, - [cf. 86]; North 2114; Spink 2638B), superficial scratch by eye, with large die flaws on obverse and traces of doubling to legends, otherwise a naturally toned and originally lustrous example, very fine or near so, and immensely popular in the present market

Provenance

SCMB, 1972, G1138 - £85 [with Seaby Inventory ticket, no. 721814, priced at £67.50]


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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£900