James I Laurel, 3rd coinage, 5th bust, plate coin Coins of England, 5 known, ex Lockett, Norweb, Clarendon and Cope Weak obverse fair / reverse

Weak obverse fair / reverse about very fine

upright sword

SEPVLLIVS MACER

of the highest rarity

Malmesbury Mint

James I Laurel, 3rd coinage, 5th bust, plate coin Coins of England, 5 known, ex Lockett, Norweb, Clarendon and Cope Weak obverse fair / reverseJames I (1603 25),gold Laurel of Twenty Shillings, third coinage (1619 25), fifth laureate and draped bust left, "bracket" ties behind bust, value behind, initial mark trefoil (1624), legend surrounds IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET HI: REX,rev. long cross fourche over crowned quartered shield of arms, terminal mark trefoil, FACIA M EOS IN GENTEM VNAM, no stops in legend, weight 8. 94g (Schneider 88; N. 2115; S. 2639 this coin illustrated). Toned but