CNG 100, Lot: 1087. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James V. 1513-1542. AV Crown (26mm, 3.39 g, 11h). Second issue. Type III. Holyrood (Edinburgh) mint; im: star/crown. Struck 1526-1529. (star) IΛCOBVS :· 5 :· DEI :· GRΛ :· REX :· SCOTORVM, crowned coat-of-arms; saltires flanking / (crown) CRVCIS :· ΛRMΛ :· SEQVAMVR, cross fleurée with quatrefoil at center; thistles in quarters. Burns 6 (fig. 743); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 897 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); SCBC 5370. VF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack’s (8 December 1988), lot 2918.