CNG 100, Lot: 1094. Estimate $4000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Thistle Noble (35mm, 7.62 g, 8h). Fifth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: cross. Struck 1588. · IACOBVS · 6 · DEI · GRATIA · REX · SCOTORVM +, ship bearing crowned coat-of-arms and two banners inscribed I 6 / + FLORENT · SCEPT · PIIS · REGNA · HIS · IOVA · DAT · NVMERATQ :, thistle interposed over short cross potent terminating in crowns; crowned rampant lions in quarters; all within polylobe with thistle in each arch. Burns 1-5 var. (initial mark); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1149-52 var. (same); SCBC 5456. Near VF, double struck in parts. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, February 1990.