Scotland, James VI Half-Merk, 1575, plain crown band 'The Early Tetradrachms of Ptolemy

'The Early Tetradrachms of Ptolemy I'

00g (MCE 470

J to left (minstmaster Jose Larrañeta)

69g (Davis and Walters 123/175)

below truncation for engraver Jean Baptiste Merlen

Scotland, James VI Half-Merk, 1575, plain crown band 'The Early Tetradrachms of PtolemyJames VI of Scotland (1567 1625), base silver Half Merk or Noble of Eighty Pence or Six Shillings and Eightpence Scottish, second coinage, 1575, crowned Scottish arms, plain crown band, 6 to left, 8 to right, linear circle and legend surrounding, +. IACOBVS. 6. DEI. GRATIA. REX. SCOTORVM., rev. five pointed star at centre of cross with fleur and lis terminals, thistle and crown in alternate angles, linear circle and legend surrounding, +. SALVVM. FAC.