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Description
James I of the House of Stuart, King of England 1603-1625 AD, Gold Laurel (8.79g, 34mm), Third coinage (1619-1625), initial/terminal mark ‘Trefoil’ (1624), Royal mint London. Obverse: Fourth laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of King James I facing to the left, mark of value “XX” to right field, inner beaded border and legend surrounds, “·IACOBVS: D:G: MA: BRIT: FRA: ET: HIB: REX·”. Reverse: Shield of Arms of the House of Stuart over long cross fleury and surmounted by St. Edward’s Crown, inner beaded border and legend surrounds, “FACIAM EOS IN GENTEM VNAM”. S-2638b; North-2114; Friedberg-242. Flatness over the facial features but looks better in hand, the reverse well engraved and struck with bold heraldry, near Very Fine, reverse Very Fine.
The obverse Latin legend reads “Iācōbus, Deī grātiā, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rēx”, with an English translation of “James, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland”. The reverse Latin legend is derived from Ezekial 37:22 and is stated in full as “faciam eōs in gentem ūnam”, with an English translation of “I will make them one nation”.
