Ex Dundee & Lockett

CNG 100, Lot: 1097. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Sword & Scepter Piece (28mm, 5.02 g, 6h). Eighth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1604. (quatrefoil) · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, crowned coat-of-arms / (quatrefoil) · SALVS · POPVLI · SVPRA · LEX ·, sword and scepter crossed in saltire; crowned above, thistles flanking, · 1604 · below. Burns p. 400 note; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1193 (same rev. die); SCBC 5460. VF, mark on edge. Rare date.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Dundee Collection (Spink and Bowers & Ruddy, 19 February 1976), lot 235; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part V, Glendining, 18 June 1957), lot 361.