James I (1603-1625)

Spur Ryal

Third coinage

Fifteen shillings, crowned lion holding shield between X V, mm. spur rowel, 6.24g, (S.2634, N.2109). Much as struck, a superb piece and one of the finest known

POA

Provenance:

DNW, 7th Oct 2004, lot 302
Ex Arnold collection, Spink 97, 13th May 1993, lot 17
R.D. Beresford-Jones collection, Spink 29, 2nd Jun 1983, lot 94D
H.M. Lingford collection, Glendinings, 20-21 Jun 1951, lot 1051
Thomas Bliss esq, Sotheby, 15th May 1916, lot 328

Plate coin in Gerald Hoberman, The Art of Coins, 1981, p.141, pl.212