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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 479

Scotland, James IV (1567-1625), Eighth Coinage, Sword and Sceptre Piece of 120-Shillings, 1601, (m.m.) • IACOBVS • 6 • D • G • R • SCOTORVM •, crowned arms, rev. (m.m.) SALVS • POPVULI • SVPREMA • LEX •, sword and sceptre in saltire, crown above, thistles at sides, •1601• below, 5.11g [78.86grns], 10h, m.m. quatrefoil (SCBI 35 [Ashmolean & Hunterian], 1181ff; SCBI 58 [Edinburgh], 1306; S.5460), softly struck in parts, nonetheless with a pleasing and honest golden tone, about extremely fine, first year of issue type, thus rare

Provenance
DNW, Auction 124, 16 September 2014, lot 2793*

Love's Auction Rooms (Perth), 2003


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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2400