Ex Manville, Murray, & Bridgewater House

CNG 105, Lot: 1235. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles II. 1649-1685. AR Two Merks (34mm, 13.17 g, 12h). First coinage, type II. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1664. CAROLVS · II · DEI · GRA, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; thistle below bust / MAG · BRI · FRA ET · HIB REX · 16 64 ·, cruciform coats-of-arms around XX^VI/8 (denomination); crowned monogram in angles. Murray, Scottish 7a; Burns –; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) –; SCBC 5608. Near VF, toned. Rare.

Ex Harrington E. Manville Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 132, 15 September 2015), lot 12; Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII/3 (April 1990), no. 1858; J.K.R. Murray Collection (Spink 57, 29 April 1987), lot 385; Bridgewater House Collection (Sotheby, 15 June 1972), lot 533.