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Auction: 367 - The NYINC Numismatic Collector's Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 154

Scotland, Charles I (1625-1649), Sixty-Shillings, c. 1637-1642, third coinage, type 1, Briot's milled issue, CAROLVS • D:G • MAGN • BRITANN • FRANC • ET • HIBERN • REX, King on horseback trotting left, sash flies behind, holding sword, grassy ground line below, rev. QVÆ • DEVS • CONIVNXIT • NEMO • SEPARET •, crowned square-topped and lightly garnished Stuart shield, 29.35g [453.0grns], m.m. thistle and B (Dr Erik Miller 13 this coin; Murray, BNJ {1970}, pp. 133; SCBI XXXV, nos. 1424-26, same dies; Burns 1005, same dies; Spink 5552), the flan profile typical of the rocker press production method, and with a trace of adjustment at 3 o'clock, otherwise toned, and pleasingly bold, almost extremely fine, rare thus

provenance
Dr Erik Miller, Spink 260, 26 March 2019, lot 13
SNC, April 1963, no. 3103 - "an exceptionally fine and well struck specimen, in splendid condition. Very rare so perfect" - £125.0.0
Glendining, 16-17 May 1962, lot 185 - £105.0.0 (Spink)

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Sold for
$12,000

Starting price
$3000