From the Serooskerke Hoard
1529. SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Rider (28mm, 5.17 g, 11h). Seventh coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1594. ḯ · IACOBS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, armored figure of James riding right on richly caparisoned horse, holding sword in raised hand; · 1594 · in exergue / ḯ · SPERO · MELIORA ·, crowned coat-of-arms. Gelder, Serooskerke, 78 (this coin); Burns 6 (fig. 954); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1164 (same dies); SCBC 5458. Good VF, flan a little wavy. ($4000) From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex LVL Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 102, 18 May 2016), lot 1540; Argo Collection (Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio 182, 10 January 2014), lot 569 (where ir realized $5000); Ridgemount Collection (Spink 69, 20 April 1989), lot 263; J. K. R. Murray Collection (Spink 57, 29 April 1987), lot 15; Serooskerke Coin Find (Schulman 244, 15 November 1966), lot 757; Serooskerke Hoard (the only Scottish coin in the hoard).
1530. SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Sword & Scepter Piece (28mm, 5.04 g, 6h). Eighth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1601. ḯ · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, crowned coat-of-arms / ḯ · SALVS · POPVLI · SVPREMA · LEX ·, crossed sword and scepter; crown above, thistles flanking, · I60I · below. Burns 1 (fig. 956); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1181 (same dies); SCBC 5460. Near EF, lightly waterworn. ($2000) From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex LVL Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 102, 18 May 2016), lot 1541; St. James’s 30 (29 September 2014), lot 248 (hammer £3000).
1531. SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (36mm, 9.78 g, 6h). Third (Briot’s) coinage. Class I. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle and в/–. Struck 1637-1642. CAROLVS ◊ D ◊ G ◊ MAG ◊ BRITAN ◊ FRAN ◊ ET ◊ HIB ◊ REX ◊ (small thistle and horizontal B), crowned and armored half-length bust right, holding scepter and orb; quadrate stops / HIS ◊ PRÆSVM ◊ VT ◊ PROSIM, crowned coat-of-arms; crowned C R above quadrate stop across fields; quadrate stops. Burns 3 (fig. 1032 – same obv. die); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1392-6 (same obv. die); SCBC 5531. Near EF, lightly toned. ($5000) From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.
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