Lot Archive

Download Images

Lot

№ 310

.

16 April 2024

Hammer Price:
£1,600

James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Sixpence, 1603, mm. thistle, first bust, 2.90g/6h (N 2074; S 2647). Neatly struck on a round flan, good very fine with detailed portraiture and attractive toning, rare thus £500-£700

W.L. Gantz Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1244; with Baldwin 1973; E. Miller Collection, Spink Auction 261, 27-8 March 2019, lot 122