James I third coinage gold Rose Ryal, ex Hilton Price, Vaughan-Morgan and Lingford

James I (1603-1625), fine gold Rose Ryal of thirty shillings, Third coinage (1619-25), King in robes seated facing on plain back throne within tressure, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis below, initial mark trefoil (1624), struck over lis on reverse, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, IACOBVS D; G; MA BRI: FR; ET. HI: REX., rev. quartered shield upon long cross fourchee, value above, beaded circle surrounding, alternating lis, lion and rose in circle, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, A DNO: FACTVM EST ISTVD ET EST MIRA: IN OC: NRIS, weight 12.37g (Schneider 78; N 2108; S.2633). Attractively toned, with one light crease in flan, a little weak on face, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare this well preserved in combination with the plain back throne.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse as "This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes" a Psalm from the Bible, which should read in full "A Domino Factum Est Istud Et Est Mirabile In Oculis Nostris".

The indenture for both the fine and crown gold coinages was issued on 20^th August 1619 with the fine gold Rose Ryal being the largest denomination at thirty shillings, the terms were repeated in a further indenture to new master-worker Randall Cranfield on 17^th July 1623 under whose master-ship this coin would have been struck.

Provenance:

Ex F. G. Hilton Price, Sotheby, 17^th - 19^th May 1909, lot 172, illustrated on plate V, sold for £8 ½.

Ex Sir Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, Sotheby, 17^th June 1935, lot 68 and plate III, sold for £35.

Ex Herbert M Lingford, Collection part II, Glendining, 20^th June 1951, lot 1050 and plate VII, sold for £64, the highest price for a coin of this denomination and reign in the sale.

Ex A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List Summer 2014, BH078.