Description SCOTLAND - CHARLES I, 1625-1649. Second coinage (Briot's hammered issue, 1636). Half merk, (6 shillings and 8 pence), Crowned bust, VI/8 behind, reverse Crowned arms. S-5546. Obverse legend: CAROLVS · D · G · SCOT : ANG : FR : & · HIB · R · (Charles, by the Grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland.) Reverse: CHRISTO A VSPICE REGINO No mint mark, 3.25g, 26.5mm max. Portrait weak, otherwise aVF and toned. Provenance: R.C. Lockett collection. Part 1, Glendining, 18-19 June 1957, lot 415 (part). N. Ashesson Collection, J.K.R. Murray Collection, Spink Auction 57, 29th April 1987, lot 339 (part). M and Elizabeth Stewart collection D.N.W. Auction 104, 5th December 2012 lot 680, D.N.W. Auction 181, lot 118, 16th September 2020.
