Scotland, James III gold Rider of 23 Shillings class I, VF35

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FM21102

Scotland, James III gold Rider of 23 Shillings class I, VF35

Name: Scotland, James III gold Rider of 23 Shillings class I, VF35
Brand: Sovereign Rarities Live
SKU: FM21102
Price: 15000.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Scotland, James III (1460-88), gold Rider of Twenty Three Shillings, issued 1475-83, class I, armoured King on horseback galloping right, holding sword upright with plumed helmet, breaks inner beaded circle surrounding, legend and beaded border surrounding, IACOBVSxx DEIx GRAx RE X SCOT OR, rev. crowned quartered Scottish shield of arms, single tressure fleury over long cross pattée, SALVVm FAC POP VLVm TV Vm DnE, weight 5.15g (Burns 6, fig.602; SCBI 35:730; S.5256). With a nice red tinge to the colouration and with a good depiction of the horseman galloping right, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as VF35.

NGC Certification 4423749-003.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James, by the Grace of God, King of Scotland" and on the reverse "O Lord, save Thy people" a Psalm from the Bible. A great deal of the gold in the coinage of Scotland at this period was mined locally principally from Crawford Moor, when nuggets from 2 grams to 30 ounces were discovered.

Provenance:

Ex Glendining, 30^th March 1983, lot 7.

Ex Lucien La Riviere, Scottish Collection, Spink Coin Auction, 29^th March 2006, lot 58.

Ex Triton XIII, Classical Numismatic Group, January 2010, lot 2107.

Ex Loch Ness Collection, Stacks Bowers Galleries, 16^th August 2021, lot 41495.