Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Sword & scepter piece (30mm, 5.08 g, 4h). Eighth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1601. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crossed sword and scepter; crown above, thistles flanking, · I60I · below. Burns 1 (fig. 956); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1181 (same rev.die); SCBC 5460. Near EF, slight double strike in legends, hint of die rust and a few light scratches on reverse.


From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 2018.