CNG 87, Lot: 2130. Estimate $1250. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR Ryal (44mm, 30.45 g, 11h). Revaluation of 1578 issue. Edinburgh mint; mm: -/thistle. Dated 1567. · MARIA · DEI · GRA · SCOTORVM · REGINA ·, crowned royal coat-of-arms; thistles flanking shield / · EXVRGAT · DEVS · & · DISSIPENTR · INIMICI · EI9 ·, tortoise climbing crowned palm tree decorated with banner inscribed DAT GLORIA VIRES; date across field; c/m: crowned thistle. For host coin: SCBC 5429; for c/m: Burns 14 (Mary); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1125 var. (with Henry Darnley); SCBC p. 70. Good VF, toned.

Ex Lucien LaRiviere Collection (Spink 179, 29 March 2006), lot 129; purchased from Spink, 9 December 1989.