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Auction 22004  23 Jan 2022
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Lot 182

Starting price: 2500 GBP
Price realized: 8000 GBP
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The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Double-Crown, 1605-1606, Tower, • IACOBVS • D .' G .' MAG •' BRIT .' FRAN •' ET • HIB •' REX •, third crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m.) • HENRICVS • ROSAS • REGNA • IACOBVS •, crowned square-topped shield, dividing I-R, 4.97g [77.0grns], 6h, m.m. rose [over lys on obverse] (Lingford 960; Schneider II, 31 same dies; North 2086; Spink 2621), a trace of die clashing, otherwise a handsomely uniform specimen, superbly struck up for type, especially to central devices, almost extremely fine, rare in this condition.
Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Phillips-Glendinings, 14 December 1994, lot 96 - good very fine
Estimate: £3000 - £4000
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