Tower (London) mint; i.m: coronet. Struck 1607-1609. (Coronet) • IACOBUS D '. G '. MAG '. BRIT '. FRA '. ET HI '. REX •, crowned bust to right; XII (mark of value) behind / (Coronet) • QVÆ • DEVS • CONIVNXIT • NEMO • SEPARET •, coat-of-arms. North 2100; SCBC 2655. 5.65gr, 31mm, 6h.

Good Fine. Large flan.

Found in Essex, UK.

Tower (London) mint; i.m: thistle (or escallop) / lis. First coinage; struck 1603-1604. (Thistle or escallop) • IACOBVS D .' G .' ANG .' SCO .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REX •. crowned bust to right; XII (mark of value) behind / (Lis) • EXVRGAT • DEVS • DISSIPENTVR • INIMICI •, coat-of-arms. Apparently unrecorded variant with escallop on obverse and lis on reverse, otherwise cf. North 2073 (thistle / lis); cf. SCBC 2646 (same). 5.84gr, 31mm, 10h.

Near Fine.

Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.

Tower (London) mint under Charles I; i.m: anchor. Struck 1638-1639. Group E, type 4.1. Fifth (Aberystwyth) bust. (Anchor) CAROLVS • D .' G .' MA .' B[...] ET • HI .' REX, crowned bust to left; VI (mark of value) behind / (Anchor) • CHRISTO AVSPICE [...]O •, coat-of-arms over short cross moline. North 2244; SCBC 2814. 2.80gr, 26mm, 7h

Fine.

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK.

Tower (London) mint; i.m: trefoil. Dated 1624. Third Coinage. (Trefoil) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRI : FR : ET HI : REX, crowned bust to right; VI (mark of value) behind / (Trefoil) QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET, coat-of-arms, date above. North 2126, SCBC 2670. 2.81gr, 25mm, 8h.

About Good Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.

Tower (London) mint; i.m: tower. Second issue, struck 1612-1613. (Tower) • I .' D .' G .' ROSA .' SINE .' SPINA , crowned rose / TVEATVR • VNITA • DEVS, crowned thistle. North 2105; SCBC 2660. 0.80gr, 17mm, 5h.

Fine.

Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.

I.m: rose. Struck 1605-1606. Second Coinage. •I•D•G:ROSA•SINE•SPINA•, crowned rose with rose mintmark / •TVEATVR•VNITA•DEVS•, crowned thistle, with rose mintmark. North 2104; SCBC 2659. 0.99gr, 17mm, 5h.

Near Good Fine.

Found Essex, UK.

Tower (London) mint; i.m: cinquefoil. Struck 1613-1615. Second coinage. (Cinquefoil) • I .' D .' G .' ROSA • SINE • SPINA, crowned rose / (Cinquefoil) • TVEATVR • VNITA • DEVS •, crowned thistle. North 2105; SCBC 2660. 0.85gr, 17mm, 10h

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Tower (London) mint; i.m: tower. Struck 1604-1605. Second coinage. I .' D G ROSA .' SINE .' SPINA •, crowned rose / TVEATVR • VNITA • DEVS, crowned thistle. North 2105; SCBC 2660. 1.08gr, 16mm, 2h

Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK.

Tower (London) mint; i.m: lis. Third coinage. Struck 1619-1625. (Lis) I : D : G : ROSA SINE SPINA, crowned rose / (Lis) TVEATVR VNITA • DEVS, crowned thistle. North 2127 var. (no stops on reverse); SCBC 2671 var. (same). 0.70gr, 16mm, 11h.

Near Fine. Rare.

From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.

London mint. English cross in shield within laurel and palm branch / Conjoined shields of England and Ireland; •II• (mark of value) above. KM 388; SCBC 3221. 0.85gr, 17mm, 10h.

Near Fine. Traces of overstriking(?) on reverse.

Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.

London mint. English cross in shield within laurel and palm branch / Conjoined shields of England and Ireland; •II• (mark of value) above. KM 388; SCBC 3221. 0.74gr, 16mm, 3h.

Fine.

Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.

'Garter' mint, possibly Hereford; i.m: small lis. Dated 1645. Third horseman. Design possibly by Rude the Coyner. ⚜ CAROLVS • D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET HI : REX •, King wearing cloak flying from shoulder on horseback to left; holding sword upright with his right hand; grassy ground below / CHRISTO AVSPICE. REGNO, oval shield within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • QUI MAL • Y • PENSE, with lion to left and unicorn to right breaking legend; crown above dividing crowned C R, date below. KM 329.5; JGB 1180 (same dies); North 2359 (formerly attributed to Coombe Martin); SCBC 2915 (this coin). 14.86gr, 35mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Excessively rare. Pleasant pale gilt toning. The Finest Example Known.

From S. R. Naish, UK, collection. Ex Seaby's Coin & Medal Bulletin, November 1945, no. N207. From H. M. Lingford collection, UK, acquired en bloc by Baldwin, 1951. (The Lingford ticket states that this coin is also from the R D Wills collection, lot 528 etc., but the Wills' piece is a different coin). From Gordon Stanley Hopkins collection. Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd, Auction 30, 7 May 2002, lot 272. From Colin Adams collection, UK. Ex Spink, Auction 5033, 1 December 2005, lot 163. Ex Bonhams, New York, 12 December 2012, no.1019 (hammer $40,800.00). Ex Simon Willis Coins, Market Harborough, UK, 2015-2020 (hammer £28,750.00), dealer's ticket included.

In 1645, Hereford was besieged by a Scottish Covenanter army, allied with the Parliamentarians. The siege lasted a month, but was abandoned by the Covenanters due to the approach of Royalist reinforcements. However, in December of that year, Colonel John Birch led a surprise attack on the city, taking it over for the Parliamentarians. From Spink's note: 'The striking design of this remarkable coin has no parallel in the provincial coinage, indeed the use of lion and unicorn supporters is previously unknown on the English coinage. Lion and dragon supporters are found, but only on some gold sovereigns and half-sovereigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. It was first noticed in print by Ashmole, in his Institution of the Garter (1672, p.207), and he adds the comment, from contemporary knowledge, that they were 'stamped in the West of England'. Despite the slightly base appearance, these coins were evidently produced by a regular mint and it has been suggested that this may have been Hereford, SCBI 33, p.xlv. On 16 September 1645 the arms of Hereford were augmented and furnished with supporters and the motto Invictae fidelitatis praemium in reference to the heroic siege. Hereford was finally taken by Parliamentary forces on 18 December 1645.' A metal analyzer test indicates a silver fineness of approximately 90%, only marginally less fine than sterling. The coin also contains 1.6% gold which could well be explained by the inclusion of silver-gilt items used in forming flans for coining.