Triton XIV, Lot: 1672. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR 30 Shillings (36mm, 14.84 g, 6h). Third coinage, Falconer’s second issue with F. Edinburgh mint; mm: thistle. Struck 1639-1641. CAROLVS · D : G · MAG : BRITAN : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX, Charles I riding left on horse with right foreleg an left rear leg raised, holding reins with left hand and sword in raised right hand, raised ground line below; to left of raised rear hoof, F facing downward horizontally / QVÆ : DEVS : CONIVNXIT : NEMO : SEPARET, crowned and garnished royal coat-of-arms; lozenges above crown; typical flaw at NX of CONIVNXIT. Murray,
Charles I 5; Burns 38; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1493 (same dies); SCBC 5555. EF, lightly toned.