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    Standard Catalog plate coin

    A43, Lot 20:

    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. 30 March 1936, lot 71.

    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)

  3. Winning Losing Won Lost Watching Available in aftersale  
    A43, Lot 23:

    UNITED STATES. One dollar gold, Type II. 1.65 gm. 13 mm. 1855. PCGS AU50; lightly toned.

  4. Winning Losing Won Lost Watching Available in aftersale  
    A43, Lot 25:

    UNITED STATES. St. Gaudens double eagle. 33.46 gm. 34 mm. 1911. PCGS MS 64; lightly toned; strong visual appeal.

  5. Winning Losing Won Lost Watching Available in aftersale  
    Homer's Odyssey: Argus greeting Ulysses
    A43, Lot 107:

    ROMAN REPUBLICAN. C. Mamilius Limetanus. 82 B.C. AR serrate denarius. 3.95 gm. 19 mm. Rome mint. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; to left, N above caduceus / Ulysses walking right, holding staff and extending hand toward his dog, Argus; C MAMIL LIME(TA)N. Crawford 362/1. Sydenham 741. RSC Mamilia 6. RBW 1370 var. (control). Very Fine; lustrous old toning with iridescence; well centered on a broad flan. Attractive coin. Fine style.

    Purchased from David Sear.

    Ulysses' faithful dog Argus waited years for his master to return from Troy. When Ulysses returned, it was in disguise in order to ambush a group of suitors that had taken up residence in his house while attempting to woo his wife Penelope. In contrast to his youth Argus is now old and ailing, laying neglected on a dung heap outside. He alone recognizes Ulysses through his disguise, though he is too weak to do much more than wag his tail. In order to maintain his disguise Ulysses must keep his distance, though he dashes a tear from his eye. Perhaps the reverse of this coin shows how they would've greeted one another, given the chance. With this final reunion, Argus "passed into the darkness of death, now that he had fulfilled his destiny of faith and seen his master once more after twenty years." (Homer's Odyssey, Book 17, lines 290-327)

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