Live auction - fwo_511420 - ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - JAMES I Laurel de 20 schillings, 4e buste n.d. Londres

ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - JAMES I Laurel de 20 schillings, 4e buste n.d. Londres XF

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	1 150 €
Maximum bid :	1 250 €
End of the sale :	05 March 2019 19:00:40
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Laurel de 20 schillings, 4e buste

Date: 1624

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Londres

Quantity minted : -

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 995 ‰

Diameter : 34 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 8,99 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et régulier, bien centré de part et d’autre. Faiblesses de frappe des deux côtés. Fine patine homogène

Catalogue references :

Sp.2638C - F.242

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient d’une vente Jean Vinchon

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LYS). IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI’ FRA ET HI: REX..

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Jacques Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant ; derrière la tête, XX.

Obverse translation : (Jacques, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Grande-Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande).

Reverse

Reverse legend : FACIAM - EOS IN - GENTEM - VNAM (LYS).

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 ; le tout posé sur une croix feuillue coupant la légende.

Reverse translation : (Je ferai de vous une Nation).

Commentary

Ce laurel appartient au troisième monnayage de Jacques Ier (1619-1625). La légende de revers est tirée de l’Ancien Testament, (Ezechiel, XXXVII, 22).

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.