Charles’ Coinage in Scotland

CNG 90, Lot: 2601. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Thirty Shillings (35mm, 14.85 g, 2h). First coinage; im: thistle. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1625-1634. CAROLVS · D · G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · & · HIB · REX, Charles on horseback right, holding reins and raised sword / · QVÆ · DEVS · CONIVNXIT · NEMO · SEPARET ·, garnished square-topped coat-of-arms. Burns 2 (fig. 997); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1411 (same rev. die); SCBC 5541. Fine, toned.

From the Ian Gordon Collection. Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 53, 15 March 2000), lot 2375.