Watch List notes:

STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Rose Ryal – 30 Shillings (42mm, 5h). Second coinage, fine gold. Tower (London) mint; im: rose. Struck 1605-1606. (rose) · IACOBVS · D' · G' · MAG' · BRIT · FRAN' · ET · HIBER' · REX · , James enthroned facing, head slightly left, wearing crown and mantle, holding scepter in left hand and orb in right; portcullis below; all within polylobe / (rose) · A · DNO' · FACTVM · EST · ISTVD · ET · EST · MIRAB' · IN · OCVLIS · NRIS ·, coat-of-arms in ornate polylobe within decorative rose. Stewartby dies A/a; Schneider 6 (same dies); North 2079; SCBC 2613. In NGC encapsulation, graded XF 40.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Captain R. D. Wills Collection (Glendining, 6 December 1938), lot 73.