| Davissons, Ltd. > Auction 43 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 20 Price realized: 40,000 USD (Approx. 36,848 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: SCOTLAND. Standard Catalog plate coin. James VI. 1567-1625. AV "hat piece" (80 shillings or £4). 4.47 gm. 28 mm. Sixth Coinage. (Mullet i.m.). 1592. His bust right, wearing a tall hat, thistle behind; • IACOBVS • 6 • D • G • R • SCOTORVM • / A crowned lion standing, holding a scepter, a cloud above with יהוה ('Jehova') just above; • TE • SOLVM VEREOR • 1592 • ("Thee alone do I fear"). S. 5457 (this piece illustrated). Burns II: 394:1; pl lxix:952). Near Extremely Fine; very slight scratches on reverse, (fewer than on either of the two pieces sold for substantially more than this estimate in 2021). The "Act of Parliament 6th August 1591" authorized this issue. The Leland Scott Collection. Ex LaRiviere. Spink. 29 March 2006, lot 151 (just under the equivalent of US$20,000 all in). With his distinctive envelope. ("Very faint scratches in reverse field, a well struck example of this popular and distinctive portrait coin, good very fine, very rare") Ex Spink 81. November 1990. (61. "Pleasing good very fine and very rare") Ex Cochran-Patrick. Sothebys. 1949. Two recent sales of this type in 2021, none since: •"AU50", minor edge split, minor hairlines" ($34,000) Photo shows extensive light hairlines in fields, a deeper scratch to the left of the lion on the reverse, some form of deposit in the "R" of SCOTORVM on the obverse •"AU55", photo shows bend in front of collar, a scratch extending from the mouth to the inner circle, a bend an a crease mark on the reverse, poor strike at the eye on the obverse. When Spink sold it in March 1997 they called it "a little creased." ($75,000) Estimate: 30000 USD |  |
