CNG 94, Lot: 1984. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (37mm, 9.93 g, 6h). Third (Briot’s) coinage. Class I; im: thistle and в/-. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1637-1642. Crowned and armored half-length bust right, holding scepter and orb; quadrate stops / Crowned coat-of-arms; crowned C R above quadrate stop across fields; quadrate stops. Burns 3 (fig. 1032–same dies); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1392-6 (same dies); SCBC 5531. EF, deep rich yellow with reflective surfaces, very faint scratch on obverse.
From the James Fox Collection.