SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Britain Crown (21mm, 2.48 g, 9h). Tenth coinage. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1609-1625. (thistle) · IA · D · G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX ·, crowned and armored bust right / (thistle) HENRICVS · ROSAS · REGNA · IACOBVS ·, crowned coat-of-arms; I R flanking. Burns 5 (fig. 991, same dies); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1358 (same dies); SCBC 5468 (this coin illustrated, 2015 ed.). In NGC encapsulation 6469605-001, graded MS 62. Very rare.
Ex Loch Ness Collection; L. Lariviere (Spink 179, 29 March 2006), lot 160, purchased from Baldwin's, 11 October 1984.