Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 2116. Estimate $4000. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (9.92 g, 6h). Third coinage, Class I (Briot’s coinage). Struck 1637-1642. CAROLVS • D : G • MAG • BRITAN • FRAN • ET • HIB • REX • (thistle and B), crowned bust right, wearing ornate armor, holding scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left / HIS • PRÆSVM • VT • PROSIM •, crowned arms of Britain; at sides, crowned C R above lozenges. Murray 1; Burns 3 (fig. 1032 - same dies); SCBI 35 (Ash. & Hunt.), 1392-6 (same dies); SCBC 5531. Superb EF, iridescent toning.