LOT 4453
Scotland. Mary BI Bawbee. Struck 1542-1558. Edinburgh mint. First period; before marriage.
+ MA[RIA] D G • R • SCOTORVM, crowned thistle; M R flanking / OPPIDVM • EDIИBVR[GI], crown on voided saltire cross; cinquefoils flanking. SCBC 5433. Very Fine.(1.61gr, 20mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx Seaby 16 June 1959.
Ex Lockdales, A72, lot 587.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. Alexander III AR Penny. Circa 1280-1286. Second coinage, class Mb.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
⧾ ALЄXANDЄR (ND ligate) DЄI GRA, crowned head to left with lis-tipped sceptre / ✠ RЄX SCO-TOR-VM, long cross pattée; mullet of six points in each angle. SCBC 5054. 1.36gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
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.
