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Scotland. Mary BI Bawbee. Struck 1542-1558. Edinburgh mint. First period; before marriage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ MA[RIA] D G • R • SCOTORVM, crowned thistle; M R flanking / OPPIDVM • EDIИBVR[GI], crown on voided saltire cross; cinquefoils flanking. SCBC 5433. 1.61gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Seaby 16 June 1959. Ex Lockdales, A72, lot 587. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Scotland. Mary BI Lion-'Hardhead'. 1542-1567. Edinburgh mint. Date not visible. Second period, Francis and Mary.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Crowned FM monogram; dolphins flanking, heads to left / Crowned lion rampant to left. Cf. SCBC 5450. 1.08gr, 17mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Scotland. James VI AR Sixty Shillings-Crown Sterling. Struck 1604-1609. Edinburgh mint; i.m: thistle. Ninth coinage, type I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
(Thstile) • IACOBVS • D •' G •' MAG •' BRIT •' FRAN •' & • HIB •' REX •, James, crowned and wearing armor, right on caparisoned horse, holding raised sword and reins / (Thistle) • QVÆ • DEVS • CONIVNXIT • NEMO • SEPARET •, coat-of-arms with arms of England in first and fourth quarter and Scottish lion in second quarter. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1360-2; SCBC 5501. 29.26gr, 44mm, 8h.
Fine. Toned.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Scotland. Charles I AR Thirty Shillings. Struck 1637-1642. Edinburgh mint; i.m: leaved thistle. Third coinage. Thomas Falconer's second issue, type IV.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
(Thislte) ♦ CAROLVS ♦ D:G ♦ MAGN ♦ BRITAN ♦ FRAN ♦ ET ♦ HIB ♦ REX ♦, Charles on horseback to left, holding sword and reigns; rough ground below; F prostrate by horse's rear hoof / (Thistle) QVÆ ♦ DEVS : CONIVNXIT ♦ NEMO SEPARET, crowned coat-of-arms. SCBC 5556. 14.63gr, 35mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Scotland. Charles I AR Forty Pence. Struck 1637-1642. Edinburgh mint; i.m: F. Third coinage, Falconer's (first) issue, type III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Crowned, armored, and draped bust left; XL (mark of value) behind / Crowned thistle. SCBC 5579. 1.57gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Scotland. Charles I AR Twenty Pence. 1637-1642. Third coinage. Falconer's First issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CAR • D : G • MAG • BR • FR • ET • HI • REX, crowned bust to left, XX (mark of value) behind; / IVSTITIA • THRONVM • FIRMAT, crowned thistle; small F above crown. SCBC 5588A. 0.63gr, 16mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine
Ex Lockdales no.954 A65. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Scotland. Charles I AR Twenty Pence. Struck circa 1637-1642. Edinburgh mint. Third coinage, third (Falconer's first) issue. Class III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Crowned bust left; XX (mark of value) behind / Crowned thistle; F at the end of legend. SCBC 5588. 0.78gr, 15mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Scotland. Charles I AR Twenty Pence. Struck 1637-1642. Edinburgh mint. Third coinage; Falconer's (anonymous) issue, type V.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CAR • D • G • SCOT • ANG • FR • & • HIB • R ♦, crowned bust to left; XX (mark of value) behind / IVST • THRONVM • FIRMAT •, crowned thistle. SCBC 5591. 0.78gr, 16mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Ireland. Plantagenet, John, as King AR Penny. Struck 1208/9-circa 1211/2. Dublin mint; Roberd, moneyer. Third ('Rex') coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IOҺA-NNЄS RЄ-X, crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped-sceptre, rosette to lower right; all within triangle / ROBЄ-RD ON DIVЄ, sun, moon, and three stars within triangle; crosses in outer margins. SCBC 6228. 1.43gr, 18mm, 2h.
Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ireland. Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1297-1302. Dublin mint. Second ('ЄDW') coinage, class IVb.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ЄDW R' AHGL' D-NS ҺУB, crowned facing bust; single pellet below; all within triangle / CIVI-TAS DVBL-IꞂIЄ, long cross pattée; trefoil of pellets in quarters. SCBC 6265. 1.30gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ireland. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1297-1302. Dublin mint. Second ('ЄDW') coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ЄDW • R '• AHGL • D-NS ҺУB, crowned facing bust; all within triangle / CIVI-TAS DVBL-INIЄ, long cross pattée; trefoil of pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 6265. 1.30gr, 19mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ireland. Edward IV AR Penny. Struck circa 1473-1478. Dublin mint. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Crowned facing bust; mullets flanking crown / Long cross; quatrefoil in centre, trefoil in each quarter. SCBI 22 (Copenhagen) -; SCBC 6367. 0.56gr, 13mm.
Good Fine. Clipped as usual.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.