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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 356

James I (1603-1625), First Coinage, Tower (6), Shillings, 1603-1604, m.m. thistle (2), (m.m) IACOBVS · D .' G .' ANG .' SCO .' FRA .' ET · HIB .' REX · first crowned bust right, XII behind, rev. (m.m.) · EXVRGAT · DEVS · DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI · plain square-topped shield, 5.82g, 4h (North 2072; S.2645), slight doubling to legends on a neat round flan, richly cabinet toned, a most pleasing fine to very fine in parts; another, similar, second bust, 5.70g, 3h (North 2073; S.2646), rubbed but full, fair to fine; also, Sixpences, m.m. thistle (2), 1603, as first, 2.52g, 4h, m.m. thistle (North 2074; S.2647), clipped, mediocre; another, similar, second bust, 2.76g, 7h (North 2102; S.2648), light porosity and a broad elliptical strike, fair; also, Halfgroat, 1603-1604, Tower, first bust right, value behind, rev. square-topped shield, 0.89g, 11h, m.m thistle (North 2076; S.2649), surface-marked and full, fine; lastly, Penny, as last, 0.49g, 1h (North 2077; S.2650A), rubbed but full, good (6)

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The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins


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