CNG 90, Lot: 2603. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (34mm, 9.75 g, 6h). Third (Briot’s) coinage. Class I; im: thistle and в/-. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1637-1642. CAROLVS · D : G · MAG · BRITAN · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX · (lozenge and double lozenge stops throughout), crowned and armored half-length bust right, holding scepter and orb / HIS · PRÆSVM · VT · PROSIM ·, square-topped coat-of-arms; crown above; crowned C R across field. Burns 3 (fig. 1032–same dies); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1392-6 (same dies); SCBC 5531. Near EF, struck slightly off-center, minor edge marks.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2010).