Ancient & British Coins, Artefacts, World Coins, H... (26 November 1997)

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Lot 211

James IV (1488-1531), Half-Unicorn, type i, mm. cross pommee Burns 660; S 5322). Fine, rare (£250-300)

Sold for £360

Lot 212

Mary (1542-1567), Gold Ryal or Three Pounds, 1555, ‘jewelled’ top arches to crown, interior shaded to left, 7.21gm (Murray B-1, and same dies as Christie’s, 24 Jan. 1978, lot 61; H. Hird Sale, lot 88, and ‘Dundee’ lot 121, same rev. die; S. 5397). Has been extracted from a mount, fields smoothed and portrait lacking detail, otherwise fine and very rare (£1000-1200)

Sold for £950

Lot 214

James VI (1567-1625), Second Coinage, Twenty-Pound piece of 1575, obverse jacobus 6. dei . gra . rex . scotor, Crowned half length figure of King in armour right, holding olive branch and upright sword, in vtrvn qve paratvs . 1575 . (Prepared for either) in exurgal panel, reverse parcere svbhectis & debellare svperbos, (‘To spare the humbled and sudue the proud’) crowned shield, 30.53 grs (Stewart 186; S 5451; Bateson 158; Burn pp 385-386)....

Sold for £22,500

Lot 215

James VI (1567-1625), Fifth coinage (1588),Thisle Noble, obverse crowned shield on ship, thistle below, reverse thistle plant with crossed sceptres and lions rampant in panel surrounded by eight thistles, undated, legend florent scept piis regina his iova dat nvmeratq, 7.6gms (Bateson 170; S 5456, same dies as BM specimen). A little flat in places, slightly crimped, otherwise very fine, rare (£1,000-1,500)

Sold for £1,700

Lot 216

James VI (1567-1625), Eighth Coinage, Sword and Sceptre piece, 1601, mm. rose (S 5460). Good fine ( (£180-200)

Sold for £280

Lot 217

James VI (1567-1625), Eighth Coinage, Sword and Sceptre piece, 1602, mm. rose (S 5460). Possibly removed from a mount at 12 o’clock, almost very fine (£150-200)

Sold for £200

Lot 218

James VI (1567-1625), Eighth Coinage, Sword and Sceptre piece, 1603, mm. rose (S 5460). Very fine, the rarer date (£350-400)

Sold for £370

Lot 219

James vi, Ryal, 1570 (over 69?), (St. p. 152; S 5472). Only fine, but rare without the countermark (£250-300)

Unsold

Lot 220

James VI (1567-1625), Sixth Coinage, Balance Half-Merk, 1593 (S 5491). A little flat in places, about very time, attractive dark tone, extremely rare (£300-400)

Sold for £360

Lot 221

James VI (1567-1625), A contemporary copy of a Balance Half-Merk, 1591, very base and underweight (49.8 grains). Only fair, but interesting (£60-80)

Sold for £50

Lot 222

James vi, Sixty-Shillings, type i, mm. thistle (St. 154; S 5501). Tooled in fields, otherwise very fine (£300-400)

Unsold

Lot 223

James VI (1567-1625), Sixty-Shillings, type i, mm. thistle (St. 154; S 5501). Fine (£120-150)

Sold for £95

Lot 224

James VI (1567-1625), After Accesstion to English Throne, Sixty-Shillings, type i (S 5501). Fine (£120-150)

Sold for £110

Lot 225

James VI (1567-1625), After Accesstion to English Throne, Sixty-Shillings, type ii (S 5502).Tooling on obverse, otherwise about very fine (£150-200)

Sold for £140

Lot 226

James VI (1567-1625), Billon Eight-Penny Groat, Edinburgh, reads iaco 6 d g r. Only fair, but interesting (£30-40)

Sold for £20

Lot 227

Charles II (1649-1685), Second Coinage, Dollar, 1682 (S 5618). Obverse fair to fine, reverse better (£60-80)