Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Rider (28mm, 5.04 g, 3h). Seventh coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1599. (quatrefoil) · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, armored figure of James riding right on caparisoned horse, holding sword in right hand and reins in left; · 1598 · in exergue / (quatrefoil) · SPERO · MELIORA ·, crowned coat-of-arms; 1599 in exergue. Cf. Burns 9-10 (fig. 953; SCBI 58 (Edinburgh) 1289-91 var. (no pellets flanking date); SCBC 5458. A found coin lightly brushed. Weak on horse's head otherwise much as struck. EF. Rare.

Found in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire (PAS WILT-2AB234).