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Mary (1542-1567), First period, Three Pound piece (Ryal), 1555, bust left, rev. crowned shield, pellet stops, 7.54g/2h (SCBI 35, 991, same obv. die; SCBI 58, 266-7, same dies; B 1, fig. 819; S 5397). Possibly removed from a mount, otherwise good very fine for the issue, very rare £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £20,000
James V (1513-1542), Third coinage, Ducat or Bonnet piece, 1540, mm. saltire on obv., cross on rev., open crown on rev. 5.58g/12h (SCBI 35, 905, same dies; SCBI 58, 33-5, same dies; B 4, fig. 754; S 5373). Possibly removed from a mount, otherwise very fine £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
James III (1460-1488), Rider, type I, King in armour with crown on helmet and holding sword galloping right, rev. crowned shield on cross pattée, cross between lion’s paws, double saltire stops on obv., none on rev., 4.98g/8h (cf. SCBI 35, 728ff; B 3-6, figs. 601-2; S 5256). Attractive, good very fine and rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
James V (1513-1542), First coinage, Unicorn, type II, mm. crown, x below unicorn, trefoil and double-trefoil stops, rev. mullet in centre of wavy star superimposed on cross with scroll ends, colon and pellet stops, 3.90g/11h (SCBI 35, 884ff; B 2ff, figs 729ff; S 5365). An attractive specimen, good very fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Fifth coinage, Thistle Noble, mm. quatrefoil, pellet stops, mm. flanked by pellets on obv. and rev., 7.40g/2h (SCBI 35, 1148ff; SCBI 58, 1262, same dies; B 2, fig. 951; S 5456). Very slightly creased, otherwise very fine or better, very rare £6,000-£8,000
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Forty-Four Shillings, 1553, mm. cross, crowned shield, i g in fields, reads maria · de · i, rev. crowned monogram, 5.13g/3h (SCBI 35, 982, same dies; same dies as SCBI 58, 246 obv./249 rev.; B 4, fig. 813; S 5394). Good very fine or better, rare £4,000-£5,000
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Abbey Crown (Écu), mm. star on obv., crown on rev., crowned shield flanked by cinquefoils, rev. cross fleury, thistles in angles, reads seqvarmvr, unbarred as, 3.32g/3h (SCBI 35, 976-7 and SCBI 58, 34, same dies; B 3, fig. 808, same dies; S 5390). Lightly creased, otherwise good very fine, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
James V (1513-1542), Third coinage, Two-Thirds Ducat, 1540, mm. lis on obv., cross on rev., pellet below shield, 3.70g/4h (SCBI 35, 906-7, same dies; SCBI 58, 36-7, same dies; B 1, fig. 755; S 5374). Possibly removed from a ring mount, otherwise nearly very fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Twenty-Two Shillings, 1553, mm. cross on rev. only, crowned shield, i g in fields, rev. crowned monogram, trefoil of pellets after diligite, 2.65g/3h (SCBI 35, 985ff; SCBI 58, 255-6; B 4, fig. 817; S 5396). Very fine, light red tone £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Unite, mm. thistle-head on obv. only, signed b after legend on obv., 9.91g/6h (Murray 1; SCBI 35, 1392ff, same dies; B 3, fig. 1032, same dies; S 5531). Very lightly creased, otherwise nearly extremely fine and toned £5,000-£7,000
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type I, 1553, mm. cinquefoil on obv., cross on rev., crowned bust right, no stops before or after legend, rev. crowned shield flanked by cinquefoils, 4.71g/5h (Murray E4, this coin; SCBI 35, 1000-1, and SCBI 58, 284, same dies; B 1, fig. 780; S 5401). Some light scratches, otherwise good fine, the portrait clear, very rare £4,000-£5,000
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Seventh coinage, Rider, 1594, mm. quatrefoil, pellets by date, 5.04g/12h (SCBI 35, 1161ff; SCBI 58, 1278ff; B 4, fig. 954; S 5458). A few minute scratches on reverse, otherwise good very fine £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Third coinage, Ducat, 1580, mm. crown on obv. only, reads d · ei, no pellet before rev. legend, 5.90g/7h (SCBI 35, 1237-8, same obv. die; SCBI 58, 1142, same obv. die; B 1, fig. 948; S 5452). Possibly removed from a ring mount and of bright appearance, otherwise good fine £4,000-£5,000
James IV (1488-1513), Half-Unicorn, type I, mm. lis on rev. only, Lombardic n, star stops, 1.75g/11h (cf. SCBI 35, 832-3; B 1, fig. 660; S 5320). Edge slightly ragged at 3 o’clock, otherwise very fine, very rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Demy-Lion, no mm., rev. small closed trefoils, saltire and pellet stops both sides, reads +x/pc reg/nat/ xpc vin, 1.95g/3h (SCBI 35, 526; B 6, fig 370; S 5158). Very fine and very rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £4,400
James III (1460-1488), Quarter-Rider, type II, King in armour and holding sword galloping left, lis below sword arm, rev. crowned shield over long cross pattée, legends reversed, no stops, 1.26g/10h (SCBI 35, 737-8; B 1, fig. 622; S 5261). Good fine, extremely rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Half-Unite, signed b below bust, King wears Scottish crown, lozenge stops, no stop after hib, 4.97g/6h (Murray 2; SCBI 35, 1401, same dies; B 6, fig. 1035; S 5534). Minor surface marks, otherwise good very fine, rare £2,000-£3,000
James III (1460-1488), Main issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross fleury on rev. only, annulet on inner circle before bust, annulet and three pellets in first and fourth quarters, crown in second and third quarters, reads edinbvrg, 3.07g/11h (SCBI 35, 784; B 48a, fig. 643; S 5288). Good very fine and toned, an exceptionally detailed portrait, very rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,800
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Sixty Shillings, mm. thistle-head, signed b both sides, 29.87g/6h (Murray p.133; SCBI 35, 1424-6, same dies; B 5, fig. 1005, same dies; S. 5552). Good very fine, pleasing cabinet tone £1,500-£1,800
James I (1406-1437), Demy, type I, mm. crown on obv., cross potent on rev., lis between e and x of rex, lis stops, rev. small quatrefoils in arcs of tressure, double saltire stops, lis at end of legend, 3.36g/1h (SCBI 35, 620; B 1, fig. 424; S 5189). Slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine, very rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, First issue, Lion, mm. cross potent on obv. only, large crowned shield, rev. St. Andrew, without nimbus, on saltire cross breaking legend, lis each side, lis and crescent stops on obv., none on rev., 3.38g/12h (SCBI 35, 509; B 5, fig. 351; S 5154). Very fine, rare £2,400-£3,000
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Eighth coinage, Sword and Sceptre piece, 1603, mm. quatrefoil, 5.03g/6h (SCBI 35, 1191-2, same dies; SCBI 58, 1, same dies; B 5, fig. 956; S 5460). Flan slightly ragged, otherwise good very fine or better, attractive reddish tone £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,200
Charles I (1625-1649), First coinage, Unite, mm. thistle-head, 10.00g/7h (Murray, O2/R2; same dies as SCBI 35, 1389 obv./1388 rev.; B 1, fig. 1030; S 5527). Very fine or better £2,000-£3,000
Mary (1542-1567), Third period (First Widowhood), Testoon, 1561, four pellets in crown, 5.43g/2h (SCBI 35, 1111-16; SCBI 58, 1154, same obv. die; B 2, fig. 897; S 5422). Chipped, otherwise good fine, the portrait clear £2,000-£2,600
James I (1406-1437), Half-Demy, type II, mm. crown on obv., cross pattee on rev., double saltire between e and i of dei, lis and double saltire stops, 1.58g/6h (SCBI 35, 638; B 2, fig. 445; S 5194). Lightly creased, otherwise nearly very fine, very rare £1,500-£1,800
James VIII (†1766), Pattern Crown, 1716, type II, restrike by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, in silver, laureate bust right, rev. crowned arms, r on foot of harp, edge plain, 28.29g/6h (Woolf 33:1; B 1, fig. 1094; S 5731). Usual die rust, fields lightly hairlined, otherwise about as struck, toned £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,800
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Third coinage, Eight Shillings, 1581, 5.54g/2h (SCBI 35, 1235; SCBI 58, 1450, same dies; B 1, fig. 930; S 5483). Good fine, struck on a full flan, toned, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,600
James V (1513-1542), Second coinage, Crown, type III, mm. star on obv., crown on rev, shield with rounded base, trefoils of pellets as stops, seven pellets in crown, unbarred as, small d in dei, 3.25g/3h (SCBI 35, 895, same dies; SCBI 58, 18, same rev. die; B 8, fig. 745; S 5370). Lightly creased, otherwise about very fine, rare £1,500-£2,000
Mary (1542-1567), Third period (First Widowhood), Half-Testoon, 1561, four pellets in crown, 3.67g/9h (SCBI 35, 1117-18; SCBI 58, 1165; B 1, fig. 901; S 5423). Tiny edge nick at 7 o’clock and lightly tooled on obverse, otherwise fine, very rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,400
Charles I (1625-1649), First coinage, Sixty Shillings, mm. thistle-head, 29.58g/3h (Murray O1/R1; SCBI 35, 1410, same dies; B 1, fig. 996; S 5540). Signs of double-striking in obverse legend, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £1,500-£1,800
James VII (1685-1688), Sixty Shillings, 1688, in silver, restrike by M. Young from dies by J. Roettiers, c. 1828, edge plain, 25.97g/6h (SCBI 35 –; B 1, fig. 1064; S 5634). Small scratch on neck, otherwise good extremely fine with attractive old cabinet tone, rare £1,500-£2,000
James VIII (†1766), Pattern Guinea, 1716, type II, restrike by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, in silver, laureate bust left, reads iacobvs · tertius · etc, rev. cruciform shields, nothing in centre, sceptres in angles, edge plain, 8.70g/6h (Woolf 16:1; B 3, fig. 1096; S 5728). Usual rust marks on obverse die, otherwise virtually as struck and dark-toned, very rare £1,500-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,200
James VI (1567-1625), After Accession, Tenth coinage, Unite, mm. thistle-head, Scottish arms in first and fourth quarters, 9.63g/10h (SCBI 35, 1352, same dies; B 4, fig. 990, same obv. die; S 5464). Possibly removed from a claw mount and lightly smoothed before face, otherwise about very fine £1,200-£1,500
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type IIIa, 1557/1556 mule, mm. crown on rev. only, high-arched crown, no annulets below m r, reads maria · d · g · scor · regina ·, rev. v of tva over a, 6.20g/6h (SCBI 35, –; SCBI 58, 331, same rev. die; B 13, fig 789; S 5405). Double-struck on obverse [the date appears to read 15557], otherwise very fine and toned, the mule rare £600-£800
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Britain Halfcrown, signed b below bust, reads hib · r, 1.21g/7h (Murray 1; SCBI 35, 1406, same dies; B 8, fig. 1037, same dies; S 5538). Very fine, reverse better £800-£1,000
Charles II (1649-1685), First coinage, 4 Merks, 1664, type I, thistle above bust, 26.72g/1h (Murray 1; SCBI 35, –; B 1, fig. 1048; S 5604). Adjustment marks around obverse rim, otherwise about very fine, mottled tone £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Charles II (1649-1685), Second coinage, Dollar, 1682, f before bust, pellet stops including before carolvs, 26.71g/6h (Murray 38; SCBI 35, 1614-17; B 3, fig. 1054; S 5618). Small scratch in field before face, otherwise very fine or better, toned £1,200-£1,500
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, First coinage, Two-Thirds Ryal, 1568, trefoil of pellets before and after obv. legend, 20.45g/9h (SCBI 35 –; SCBI 58, 1351-2, same obv. die; B 3, fig. 922; S 5474). Good very fine and toned, rare £800-£1,000
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Fourth coinage, Twenty Shillings, 1582, pellet after obv. legend, 14.89g/3h (SCBI 35, 1240 and 58, 1476, same obv. die; B 1, fig. 934; S 5489). Signs of double-striking in legends, otherwise good very fine, the portrait attractive, toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,900
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Seventh coinage, Half-Rider, 1594, mm. quatrefoil, 2.48g/9h (SCBI 35, 1174-6, same obv. die; SCBI 58, 1297-8, same dies; B 2, fig. 955; S 5459). Possibly made round and small mark in obverse field, otherwise nearly very fine £600-£800
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