The two known thistle over rose examples are very different, as described below. Click on coins for larger images.
Third coinage mm Thistle over Rose -1 of 2
Obverse has legend and semi colons of the second coinage with mm thistle over rose, and still has stops to both sides of the Mark. Reverse has mm thistle on a third coinage die, although uniquely has retained the large Scottish lion.
Provenance:
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Glendining & Co auction 11-17 October 1956, Lockett Part IV, lot 2147
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Spink Numismatic Circular,December 1973, no.9968
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Purchased Spink, September 1978
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Spink auction 28-29 March 2012, The Magnus Collection, lot 916
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Spink auction 19 June 2025, lot 1577​
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Third coinage mm Thistle over Rose - 2 of 2
Obverse is the same die as both the rose S.2667 coins with ground line added, and thistle punched over rose. Reverse is the same die as the third example rose, again with thistle punched over rose.
Provenance:
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J.M. Ashby Collection, Spink Auction 145, 12-14 July 2000, lot 2029 [from Spink 1949];
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C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 1 Dec 2005, lot 51;
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bt M.C.S. Rasmussen Sept 2007.
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Dr John Hulett collection, DNW auction 13 Sept 2017, lot 432