Watch List notes:

STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Rose Ryal (43mm, 13.70 g, 4h). 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/– (unlisted rev.); Schneider 6 (same obv. die); North 2079; SCBC 2613. Creased. Otherwise toned. Good VF.


From the James & Martha Robertson Collection. Ex Baldwin's FPL (Summer 2011), no. BH029.