Ex LaRiviere and Lingford Collections

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2183. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR 60 Shillings or Crown Sterling (30.39 g, 1h). Tenth coinage. Edinburgh mint; mm: thistle. Struck 1610-1625. • IACOBVS • D’ • G’ • MAG’ • BRIT’ • FRAN’ • & • HIB’ • REX •, James VI on horseback right, holding reins and sword / • QVÆ • DEVS • CONIVNXIT • NEMO • SEPARET •, shield with Scottish arms in 1st and 4th quarters. Burns 1, fig. 983 (same rev. die); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1369 (same rev. die); SCBC 5502. Good VF, toned, a few light scratches and areas of weakness.

Ex Lucien LaRiviere Collection (Spink 179, 29 March 2006), lot 197; Glendining (2 November 1983), lot 136; Lingford Collection (Glendining, 24 October 1950), lot 72.