Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1161
James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Unite, 1604-1605, Tower, • (m.m) • IACOBVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT .' FRAN .' ET • HIB .' REX •, crowned and cuirassed three-quarter length second bust right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. • FACIAM • EOS • IN • GENTEM • VNAM •, crowned square-topped and garnished shield, dividing I-R, 9.86g, 6h, m.m lys (North 2083; S.2618), some flatness to devices, and a scratch through FRAN, otherwise the portrait pleasing, the damascene detailing largely uniform and pronounced, with natural lustre and faint red hues to peripheries, very fine, an honest coin
Provenance
By private treaty - £1650 [with dealer's ticket]
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Sold for
£2,300
Starting price
£800