STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Half Laurel – Ten Shillings (28.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Third coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: spur rowel. Struck 1619-1620. (spur rowel) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRIT. : FRA : ET HIBER : REX, first bust; X (mark of value) behind / HENRICVS ROSAS REGNA IACOBVS (spur rowel), crowned coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Schneider 89 var. (position of spur rowel on rev.); North 2116; SCBC 2640. Near EF, minor die break on obverse. Lovely surfaces.
Ex Dr. Paul Broughton Collection (Spink 235, 22 March 2016), lot 427; Goldberg 41 (30 May 2007), lot 4489; Cheshire Collection (Goldberg 31, 30 May 2005), lot 2143; C.I.B. Herriot Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 62, 30 June 2004), lot 91.
