James I (1603-1625), Lennox issues, Type 3 (8), mm. lion passant, 0.27g/6h (E 35; BMC 80; Cooke 1012-15; S 2679); mm. quatrefoil, 0.66g/6h (E 36a; BMC 83; Cooke 1021, this coin; S 2679); mm. rose, 0.84g/6h (E 37a; BMC 85; Cooke 1024-9; S 2679); mm. roundel, 0.73g/6h (E 38; BMC 64; Cooke 972-4; S 2679); mm. thistle-head, 0.27g/6h (E 39; BMC 90; Cooke 1036-40; S 2679); mm. tun, 0.39g/12h (E 41c; BMC 96; Cooke 1046-9; S 2679); mm. turtle, 0.73g/6h (E 42; BMC 77; Cooke 1002-4; S 2679); mm. woolpack, 0.47g/12h (E 43a; BMC 97; Cooke 1053, this coin; S 2679) [8]. E 41c fair to fine, E 42 a little off-centre but extremely fine with most attractive green patina, others generally about very fine and better, some rare £150-200

Provenance: E 35 bt R.K. Richardson 1997; E 36a Dr E.A. Johnstone Collection [from Spink April 1943], C.D. Cooke Collection (1021) [from Baldwin December 1974], bt N.A. Clark May 2007; E 37a G.A. Entwisle Collection, C. Allerton Collection, C.D. Cooke FPL 20, February 1993; E 38 bt N.A. Clark 1990; E 39 bt 1997; E 41c bt Vale Coins May 2006; E 42 A.E. Entwisle Collection, Spink Auction 75, 29 March 1990, lot 279 (part); *E 43a R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 726 (part), C.D. Cooke Collection (1053), bt August 2006