Code: 12461
This is a nice King James VI silver 1/2 Thistle Merk, issued at Edinburgh in 1602.
Obverse Crowned royal arms.: · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM (James the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of Scots)
Reverse Crowned thistle. Inscription: REGEM · IOVA · PROTEGIT · 1602 (Jehova protects the king)
DENOMINATION: 1/2 Thistle Merk
CULTURE: Stuart Scotland
MONARCH: King James VI
DATE: 1567 - 1625 A.D.
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 25.9 mm diameter
WEIGHT: 2.86 grams
ATTRIBUTION: Spink 5498
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection, Bristol.