429, Lot: 586. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. James V. 1513-1542. BI Bawbee (23mm, 1.80 g, 3h). Third coinage, Type I. Edinburgh mint mint. Struck 1538-1542. Crowned thistle; I 5 flanking / Crowned saltire cross; lis flanking. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 951-2; SCBC 5383. Near VF, some porosity.
From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex Norman G. Brodie Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 57, 8 October 2002), lot 49; purchased from S. Adamson, March 1970.