| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1222 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Scotland, James VI. 1567-1625. AR Twenty Shillings (33.5mm, 15.16 g, 1h). Fourth coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1582. Crowned and armored bust left, wearing ruff and holding sword / Crowned coat-of-arms; I R and XX S (mark of value) across field. Burns 1 (fig. 934); SCBI 58 (Edinburgh), 1472-8; SCBC 5489. Exceptionally well struck for this issue on a neat round flan. Minor edge mark and small area of porosity on reverse. Richly toned. EF. Very rare in this state. Ex Spink 207 (23 March 2011), lot 257; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXVI.7-8 (July-August 1978), no. 9635; R.W. Cochran Patrick (Sotheby, 30 March 1936), lot 280. Estimate: 4000 CHF |  |
