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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 156

Scottish and Irish Issues (5) | Scotland, James VI (1567-1625), Eighth Coinage, Thistle Merk, 1602, IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM, crowned royal arms, rev. REGEM · IOVA · PROTEGIT · 1602, crowned thistle, 6.20g [95.68grns], 5h (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/81 this coin; Lingford II, 1180; KM 16; Spink 5497), a warped flan, with devices and legend largely flattened, obverse better, obverse with '#' scratch in fields, toned, fair; and Ireland, James I (1603-1625), First Coinage, Shilling, 1603-1604, (m.m.) IACOBVS · D .' G .' ANG .' SCO .' FRA .' ET · HIB .' REX ·, crowned bust right within beaded circle, rev. (m.m.) EXVRGAT · DEVS ·DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI, crowned harp within beaded circle, 4.25g [65.59grns], 4h, m.m. bell (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/103 this coin; Lingford II, 1193; KM 14; Spink 6513), bend in flan, clipped, flatness to details but main devices decipherable, toned throughout, fair; another, similar, 4.19g [64.66grns], 7h, m.m. bell (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/102 this coin; Lingford II, 1193; KM 14; Spink 6513), bend in flan, small split at 2 o'clock, central devices flattened but legends stronger, toned throughout, fair; and, Second Coinage, 1606-1607, (m.m.) · IACOBVS · D'. G'. MAG'. BRIT'. FRA'. ET · HIB'· REX, similar, rev. · HENRICVS ·ROSAS · REGNA · IACOBVS, similar, 4.09g [63.12grns], 2h, m.m. escallop (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/104 this coin; Lingford II, 1195; KM 15; Spink 6516), warped flan, flatness to the higher points, lightly toned, fair; and Second Issue, Sixpence, 1603-1604, similar to above but with first bust, 1.91g [29.48grns], 8h, m.m. bell (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/109 this coin; Lingford II, 1193; KM 10; Spink 6514), bend and split in flan, flatness throughout legends better than central fields, lightly toned, fair (5)

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£210

Starting price
£180