James I, Lennox Farthing, type 3a, crown on two sceptres, with five jewels on circlet, legend commences to right with tower privy mark (unrecorded), with IACO: D:G: MAG: BRIT: legend, rev. crowned harp, with eagle's head, FRA: ET. HIB: REX. (Peck ---; S.2677), very well struck and clear reverse with obvious privy mark, obverse slightly double struck, extremely fine, the only privy mark for type 3a recorded being a bell, unrecorded and of the highest rarity

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James I, Lennox Farthing, type 3a, crown on two sceptres, with five jewels on circlet, legend commences to right with tower privy mark (unrecorded), with IACO: D:G: MAG: BRIT: legend, rev. crowned harp, with eagle's head, FRA: ET. HIB: REX. (Peck ---; S.2677), very well struck and clear reverse with obvious privy mark, obverse slightly double struck, extremely fine, the only privy mark for type 3a recorded being a bell, unrecorded and of the highest rarity

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Lot Essay

The use of the tower mint mark is only recorded for the type 1c Royal Farthings of Charles I; however these were made from altered Lennox dies; this is probably an extremely rare mule using an unchanged obverse die left over from the reign of James I.