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. John Baliol AR Penny. 1292-1296. Berwick(?) mint. Second coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
✠ IOҺANNЄS DЄI GRA, crowned head to left; lis-tipped sceptre before / RЄX SCO-TOR-VM ✠, long cross pattée; voided mullets of five points in quarters. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 311-12; SCBC 5071. 1.32gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
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. Anne AR 5 Shillings. Dated 1705/4. Edinburgh mint. Pre-Union issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. 2.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
