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Auction: 21064 - The Horace Hird Collection of Tudor, Stuart and Commonwealth Coins and Patterns
Lot: 19

MS62 | James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Thistle Crown [of 4-Shillings], 1610-1611, Tower, (m.m.) IA .' D .' G .' MAG .' BR .' F .' ET .' H .' REX, crowned rose dividing I-R, rev. (m.m.) TVEATVR • VNITA • DEVS • annulet stops, crowned thistle dividing I-R, 1.89g [28.8grns], 7h, m.m. bell over key (HCN 234; Lingford 1037 this coin; Schneider II, 57-60 this m.m. unrepresented; North 2096; Spink 2627), slightly irregular flan, otherwise good very fine, in NGC 'Horace Hird' holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #6135299-019)

Provenance
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection
H M Lingford, Part II, Glendining, 20-21 June 1951, lot 1037 - good very fine and very rare - £7.10.0 [Spink for Hird] (with Lingford's ticket)
SCMB, New Year, 1938 ~ this coin not listed
Carlyon-Britton, collection purchased by Seaby, 1937

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£350