v25_1389 - ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - JAMES I Demi-couronne (Halfcrown) n.d.

ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - JAMES I Demi-couronne (Halfcrown) n.d. VF

MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 315.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 351.00 €

Type : Demi-couronne (Halfcrown)

Date: (1613-1615)

Date: n.d.

Metal : gold

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 1,30 g.

Coments on the condition:

Cette demi-couronne est frappée sur un flan irrégulier, légèrement voilé, et présente quelques faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

S.2631 - C.J1HC-020 p.191

Obverse

Obverse legend : *. I. D: G. ROSA’. SINE’. SPINE.

Obverse description : Buste de Jacques Ier à droite, couronné et cuirassé.

Obverse translation : (Jacques, par la grâce de Dieu, rose sans épine).

Reverse

Reverse legend : *. TVEATVR - VNITA. DEVS.

Reverse description : Écu écartelé, contre-écartelé aux 1 et 4, en a et d de France, en b et c d'Angleterre, aux 2 d'Écosse, aux 3 d'Irlande ; l'écu est sommé d'une couronne coupant la légende en haut.

Reverse translation : (Dieu, préserve l’unité [du royaume]).

Historical background

ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - JAMES I

(1603-1625)

James I, born in Edinburgh on June 19, 1566, is the son of Queen of Scotland Mary Stuart. In 1567, when he was only one year old, he was proclaimed King of Scotland under the name of James VI by nobles who revolted against his mother, who was eventually executed in 1587. In 1603, he succeeded Elizabeth I, his cousin the Queen of England, thus ensuring the union of Scotland and England. Inclined to absolutism, his reign was marked by vigorous parliamentary opposition. He married Anne of Denmark. From this union was born Charles I who succeeded his deceased father in Theobalds Park (Hertfordshire) on March 27, 1625.