James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, Crown, mm. thistle, 29.51g/3h (FRC VIII/XIV [not in Sale]; N 2120; S 2664). Better than very fine, toned, an extremely rare die-combination (£3,500-4,000)

Provenance:
SNC October 1942 (16424)
Marshall Collection, Spink Auction 167, 31 March 2004, lot 112.

A coin from this pair of dies was sold in DNW 60, 9-10 December 2003, lot 600; Cooper never noted a specimen, but believed that one coin from the Lingford collection (lot 58) might have been from the same rev. die