| Spink > Auction 23129 | Auction date: 26 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 10043 Price realized: 650 GBP (Approx. 826 USD / 762 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Scotland, David II (1329-1371), Third Light Coinage, 1367-1371, Groat, crowned bust left, sceptre before, star to hand, trefoils in tressures, rev. longcross, five pointed mullets in angles, 6h, 3.57g (Spink 5125), rubbed and soft to the legends, fine; James V (1513-1542), First Coinage, Plack, 2.06g (Spink 5382), chipped to edge, fine; another, 1.36g (Spink 5382), chipped to edge, fine; Third Coinage, Bawbee, 1h, 1.54g (Spink 5383), fine; Mary (1542-1567), Fourth Period, with Henry Darnley, 1565-1567, "Crookeston Dollar" or Ryal of 30-Shillings, 156[?], Type II, crowned shield, flanked by thistles, rev. tortoise climbing palm tree, 12h, 28.94g (Spink 5425), previously mounted and heavily cleaned, yet now with a dark blue tone to the recesses, fair to fine; First Period, 1542-1558, Bawbee, 2h, 1.82g (Spink 5432), fine; James VI (1567-1625), Eighth Coinage, Thistle Merk, 1601, crowned shield, rev. crowned thistle, 5h, 6.57g (Spink 5497), lightly tooled and heavily cleaned, fair; after Accession to English Throne, Eightpenny Groat, 12h, 1.63g (Spink 5511/5512), fair (8). Estimate: £400 - £600 |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 286 | Auction date: 24 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 88 Price realized: 340 GBP (Approx. 431 USD / 398 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I) David II (1329-1371), Second/Third Coinage, Class C, Groat, class 'C-star', Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, third intermediate bust, tressure of six arcs, nothing in spandrels, star behind head and after e of edinburgh, double crosslet stops, nothing after scotorvm, ornate a on obv., plain a on rev., 3.88g/1h (cf. SCBI 35, 390; B –, fig. – but see p.257; S 5123). Nearly very fine, very rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: stray metal detector find from near Ayr (Ayrshire), May 2015; bt June 2015 It was generally assumed that the star behind head was added as a result of the weight reduction prescribed in the Act of Parliament of October 1367 and was the first of the reduced weight coins. However, research by the vendor suggest that this is an over-simplification of the situation and that the dies fit towards the end of the sequence of Class C and that the weight of the coins of this type varies between the English standard of 67 grains and the 61 grain standard finally adopted and maintained in the Third coinage. It seems the weight was reduced, rose again, fell, rose and finally fell a third time to stabilise at 61 grains. |  |
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| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 334 Price realized: 240 GBP (Approx. 302 USD / 280 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Scotland, David II (1329-1371), Second Coinage, Groat, Class A, Edinburgh, + DAVID DI GRA REX SCOTORVM, crowned bust left, sceptre before, all in tressure, trefoils in spandrels, rev. long cross and voided stars, rosette and saltire stops, 3.76g [58.0grns], 1h (Spink 5092), weakness to one quarter of the flan, otherwise deeply toned, a scarce variety, very fine. Estimate: £200 - £240 |  |
Match 3:
| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 286 | Auction date: 24 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 54 Price realized: 1,300 GBP (Approx. 1,647 USD / 1,520 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I) David II (1329-1371), First coinage, First issue, Halfpenny, mm. cross pattée, bust left with sceptre, david : dei : gra : rex, ornate as, rev. +re x : sc oto rvm, mullet of five points in second and third quarters, 0.50g/7h (Holmes/Stewartby Dd; SCBI –; B 1, fig. 248, same dies; S 5082). Full and round, good very fine and extremely rare thus £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: bt J. Philpotts June 2020 Just as in England, a dearth of silver being brought to the mint meant that no pennies were struck for two decades from c. 1330. They were replaced by a coinage consisting of Halfpence and Farthings which are rare and sought after today. Their dating is uncertain, perhaps corresponding to the English issues of the 1330s, more likely after David's return to Scotland in the early 1340s. |  |
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| Spink > Auction 23129 | Auction date: 26 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 9880 Price realized: 180 GBP (Approx. 229 USD / 211 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Group of Stuart Silver (7) | James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Shilling, 1604-1605, Tower, third crowned and draped bust right, value behind, rev. square-topped shield, 8h, 5.55g, mm. lys (North 2099; Spink 2654), flan cracked to five o'clock, scratched and lightly pitted, fine, better to parts of the legends; Second Coinage, Sixpence, 1612, Tower, fourth crowned and armoured bust right, value behind, rev square-topped shield, 1h, 2.70g, m.m Tower (North 2103; Spink 2658), field find, cleaned and flattened, fine; Third Coinage, Sixpence, 1621, Tower, sixth crowned and armoured bust right, value behind, rev. square-topped shield, 2h, 2.62g, m.m thistle or rose (North 2126; Spink 2670), scratched and worn, fair to fine; Second Coinage, Penny, 1604-16505, Tower, rose, rev. thistle, 0.38g, mm. lys (North 2106; Spink 1661), slightly ragged to parts of the edge, dark tone, very fine; Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Type 2a, Halfgroat, 1630-1631, Tower, second crowned bust left, rev. oval shield, 10h, 0.93g, m.m plume (North 2250; Spink 2825), spotted, good to fine; Group D, Type 3a1, Halfgroat, 1635-1636, Tower, fourth bust left, value behind, rev. garnished oval shield, 9h, 0.91g, m.m crown (Brooker 675-677; North 2257; Spink 2831), slightly waved flan, fine / very fine; Group A, Type 1b, Penny, rose, rev. rose, with inner circles, 0.53g, m.m African head or two pellets (North 2261; Spink 2837), worn to parts of the legend and over mint mark, devices better, near very fine (6). Provenance, i) Found 4 August 2018, Vet's Field, between Pitholes area, ii) Found 4 September 2020, Old Lynn, iii) Found 4 September 2020, Limekiln, iv) Found 15 December 2018, 'Large field in front of Fieldhouse Farm, South End Stafford Road, v) Found 28 September 2012, 'Green Lane', vi) Found 27 August 2013, '6 Acre bus shelter field, Eccleshall', vii) 25 August 2021, Swan Field, 'near top', Estimate: £180 - £240 |  |
Match 5:
| Davissons, Ltd. > Auction 43 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 228 Price realized: 3,750 USD (Approx. 3,455 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SCOTLAND. Robert II. 1371-1390. AR groat. 3.94 gm. 28.5 mm. Dundee Mint. His crowned bust left, scepter in front, small "B" in field behind; star on scepter handle; tressure of six arcs; +ROBERTVS DEI GRΛ REX SCOTTORVM / Long cross patée; mullets in angles; +VI LLΛ +DV nDE around inner circle. S. 5135. Burns p 274:15; pl. xxiv:332. Cf SCBI 35:478 (Ashmoleon; Hunterian). Good Very Fine; choice piece, among the finest known (From an NGC holder, "XF45" mistakenly labeled S. 5132) Extremely rare. The Leland Scott Collection. This piece is superior to the few others I found including Murdoch (May 1903) lot 60 which has the notation "extremely rare." According to the notation in my volume, that piece sold for £10 in a sale where a 1539 bonnet piece of James V sold for 8 /10/--. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
