SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Twelve Shillings (32mm, 5.83 g, 6h). Third coinage, fourth (Falconer’s second) issue. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle/–. Struck 1637-1642.

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SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Twelve Shillings (32mm, 5.83 g, 6h). Third coinage, fourth (Falconer’s second) issue. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle/–. Struck 1637-1642. CAROLVS · D : G · MAGN · BRITAN · FRANC · ET · HIB · REX ·, crowned and armored bust left; XII (denomination) to right; horizontal F at end of legend / QVÆ · DEVS · CONIVNXIT · NEMO · SEPARET ·, crowned coat-of-arms; across field, crowned C R above lozenges. Burns 42 (fig. 1020 – same dies as illustration); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1502-7 (same dies); SCBC 5561. Toned, minor adjustment marks. Good VF.

From the Richard L. Horst Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 994998 (January 2015); Lucien Lariviere Collection (Spink 179, 29 March 2006), lot 229, purchased from Seaby, 16 August 1982.


The final winners of all Triton XXV lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 11-12 January 2022. Triton XXV – Session Four – Early Medieval & Islamic Coinage through Large Lots will be held Wednesday afternoon, 12 January 2022 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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