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Auction 73  15 Mar 2023
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Lot 89

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 440 GBP
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James VI, two-thirds ryal, first coinage c. 1567 – 1571 (d. 1569), crowned shield dividing IR, IACOBVS 6 DEI GRATIA REX SCOTORVM, rev. crowned sword, pointing hand on left, XX on right, countermark of the revaluation of 1578, raising its value from 20/- to 24/6, PRO ME SI MEREOR IN ME, wt. 20.23gms (S.5474), very rare date, deliberate light surface scratches both sides, otherwise fine to very fine
*ex K.B Coins, August 1990, purchased for £175
Small digits in date as used on the one-third ryals, see Murray sale – Spink no. 57, April 187, lot 255 for a similar coin

Estimate: 300 - 400 GBP
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