CNG 87, Lot: 2125. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. James IV. 1488-1513. AV Unicorn (26mm, 3.77 g, 11h). Type II. Edinburgh mint. + IΛCOBVS : DЄI : GRΛCIΛ : RЄX : SCOTORV, royal unicorn supporter standing left, holding royal coat-of-arms; five lis on crown / + ЄXVRGΛT · DЄVS · DISIPЄnTVR InImICI ЄIVS, large twelve-rayed star over cross fleurée with trefoils at ends of bars. Burns 4 (fig. 679); SCBI 35 (Ash. & Hunt.), 824 (same dies); SCBC 5317. Near EF, toned, slightly double-struck. An attractive specimen.
From the TJH Collection.