CNG 100, Lot: 1095. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Hat Piece (28mm, 4.27 g, 11h). Sixth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: cinquefoil. Dated 1592. (cinquefoil) · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, bust right wearing tall hat; thistle behind / (cinquefoil) TE · SOLVM · VEREOR · 1592 ·, crowned lion standing left on back legs, holding lis-tipped scepter to cloud bearing the word “Jehovah” in Hebrew. Burns 2 (fig. 952); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1155 (same dies); SCBC 5457. Fine, tooled on eye, light crease. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Glendining’s (3 October 1988), lot 116.