Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Rider (29mm, 4.98 g, 11h). Seventh coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1594. (quatrefoil) · IACOBS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, armored figure of James riding right on richly caparisoned horse, holding sword in raised hand; · 1594 · in exergue / (quatrefoil) · SPERO · MELIORA ·, crowned coat-of-arms. Burns 4 (fig. 954) var. (no pellet before date); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1161-1162; SCBC 5458. VF, toned, hint of weak strike at periphery.


From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 46 (24 June 1998), lot 2034.