Important British and World Coinsxx

James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Half-Merk or Noble, 1572, mm. cross on rev. only, seven pellets on band of crown above shield, rev. mullet in centre of lozenge cross, thistle in first and third quarters, crown in second and fourth, 6.38g/4h (SCBI 35, 1218-19; SCBI 58, 1379-87; cf. B 2; S 5478). Weak in places, otherwise fine
£80-100

Provenance: R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; bt Seaby October 1975