| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1224 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 'Balance' Half Merk (28.5mm, 4.62 g, 10h). Sixth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: rosette. Dated 1591. Crowned coat-of-arms; thistles flanking / Balance over sword. Burns 2 (fig. 937); SCBI 58 (Edinburgh) 1494 (same dies); SCBC 5491 (this coin illustrated). Made round. Some light scratches under old tone. Good VF. Ex L. LaRiviere (Spink 179, 29 March 2006), lot 184; Christie's New York (9 December 1991), lot 250; J.L. Dresser (Stack's, 29 May 1987), lot 1879; H.M. Lingford (Part II, Glendining, 20 June 1951), lot 1170; G.C. Drabble (Part II, Glendining, 13 December 1943), lot 1203; T. Bearman Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1922); J.G. Murdoch (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11 May 1903), lot 260. Estimate: 1000 CHF |  |
