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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1121

James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Quarter-Laurel, 1620-1621, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET HIB : REX, colon stops, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, two loose tie ends, rev. HENRICVS ROSAS REGNA (m.m.) IACOBVS, no stops, crowned square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.20g, 9h, m.m. rose (North 2118; Spink 2642), historic scratch across neck as if in ritualistic act of beheading - a witch's curse [?], and with peripheral striking softness, otherwise naturally toned and lustrous, struck details approaching very fine

Provenance

Seaby, by private treaty, 30 November 1972 - £47.50 [with Seaby Inventory ticket, no. 723854, priced at £35]


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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£180