LOT 4457
Scotland. Charles I AR Forty Pence. Struck 1637-1642. Edinburgh mint; i.m: F. Third coinage, Falconer's (first) issue, type III.
Crowned, armored, and draped bust left; XL (mark of value) behind / Crowned thistle. SCBC 5579. Good Fine.(1.57gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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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 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. -
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.
