Great Britain 1604 6 pence KM-12

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75437

This specimen was lot 75437 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1604. London Mint; mm: Lis. James I. PCGS AU-55. Second Bust. Obverse: Crowned bust right; Reverse: Square-topped coat-of-arms over long cross fourchee. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc (1/2003) Lot # 12682." This example has the reverse legend "·EXVRGAT·DEVS·DISSIPENTVR·INIMICI· (Let God arise and His enemies be scattered)", identifying it as KM 12. A later sixpence, with the reverse legend "QUAE·DEVS·CONIVNXIT·NEMO·SEPARET (What God hath joined let no man put asunder)" (KM 25), also exists for 1604.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 12, S-2648; N-2075.

Sources:

Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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Great Britain 1604 6 pence KM-12

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