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James I gold Quarter-Laurel, 3rd coinage, mm trefoil, bracket ties to wreath
James I (1603-25),gold Quarter-Laurel of Five Shillings, third coinage (1619-25), laureate and draped bust left, bracket shape ties, value behind, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding on both sides, initial mark trefoil (1624), IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BR: FR: ET HI: REX,rev.long cross fourchée over crowned quartered shield of arms, HENRIC .9 ROSAS REGNA IACOB;, weight 2.18g (Schneider 100; N.2119; S.2642A). Flan somewhat irregular, reverse off centre with a scrape, otherwise good very fine, reverse a little weaker.
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 "Henry united the Roses, James the Kingdoms," a legend that is exclusive to this reign.