LOT 3928
Scotland. Anne AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1705/4. Edinburgh mint. Pre-Union issue.
ANNA • D • G • M • BR • & FR • HIB • REG •, draped bust to left, with hair tied in fillet; 5 (mark of value) below / NEMO • ME • IMPVNE • LACESSET • 1705/4, crowned thistle with three flowers. SCBC 5703. Near Fine.(2.17gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. 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.
