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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 561

NGC AU | Scotland, James VI, after Accession (1567-1625), Unit or Sceptre Piece, Tenth Coinage, 1609-1625, Edinburgh, (m.m) IACOBVS • D .' G .' MAG • BRIT .' FRAN : & • HIB • REX •, crowned and armoured half-length bust right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. • (m.m) • FACIAM • EOS • IN • GENTEM • VNAM •, crowned and lightly garnished shield, Scottish arms in first and fourth quarter, dividng I-R, 9.80g, 1h, m.m. thistle (Burns 4; Stewart 204; S.5464), wiped and soft in parts, some slight doubling to the portrait otherwise mostly uniform, with a faint red tone, bolder very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU Details ~ Plugged (Cert. #8220522-016)

Provenance

The "Estafefette No. 21" Collection of Ancient, English and World Coins

Margaret Amstell, by private treaty, 21 October 1982 - £945 [with her ticket]

Christie's, 12 October 1982, lot 71 - 'good very fine' - £900



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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£800