Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR One-third ryal (32mm, 9.89 g, 9h). First coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1568. • IACOBVS • 6 • DEI • GRATIA • REX • SCOTORVM •, crowned royal coat-of-arms; crowned I R across field / (triple pellets) PRO • ME • SI • MEREOR • IN • ME •, upright sword surmounted by crown; hand pointing toward X (denomination); 15 68 across field. Cf. Burns 3 and fig. 923 (for type); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1217 (with countermark; SCBC 5476. Near EF, toned. Attractive example.


Ex Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part V, Glendining, 18 June 1957), lot 365(C).