| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Scotland, James VI. 1567-1625. AR Ryal – Sword Dollar (42.5mm, 30.66 g, 10h). First coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1567. Crowned coat-of-arms; crowned I R flanking / Crowned upright sword; pointing hand to upper left, XXX (mark of value) to upper right. Burns 2 (fig. 921); SCBI 58 (Edinburgh) 1329-31; SCBC 5472. Some light smoothing in reverse field under rich, old tone. Otherwise a very well made example. Near EF. Ex Dundee (Spink, Bowers & Ruddy, 19 February 1976), lot 237; R.C. Lockett (Scottish Part I, Glendining, 18 June 1957), lot 364 (part of); T. Bearman Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin's, 1922). Estimate: 2000 CHF |  |
