MS62 | James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Lion Ryal or Spur Ryal [of 15-Shillings], 1621-1623, Tower, IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET HI : REX | • (m.m.) • Lion séjant-affronté or combatante holding unified Royal Shield of England and Scotland dividing X-V, rev. (m.m.) A DNO : FACTVM EST [I]STVD ET EST MIRABI :, no stops, except colons after DNO and MIRABI, rose upon radiant sun, alternating crowned Leopards and fleur-de-lys alternating in angles, small pellets in spandrels, 6.25g [96.4grns], 7h, m.m. thistle (HCN 209; Kenyon -; "Unpublished Gold Coins of James I" [1887] -; [1889] -; Devonshire -; Durrant -; Cuff -; Montagu -; Murdoch -; Schneider II 79-80 this m.m. unrepresented; North 2109; Spink 2634), subtly crimped to peripheries, otherwise deceptively bold for strike, a pleasingly good very fine thus, and of the highest rarity with this privy mark, the only example traced in public or private hands, in NGC Horace Hird holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #6135299-035)