CNG 100, Lot: 1096. Estimate $4000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Rider (28.5mm, 5.09 g, 9h). Seventh coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1594. (quatrefoil) · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, armored figure of James riding right on richly caparisoned horse, holding sword in raised hand; · 1594 · in exergue / (quatrefoil) · SPERO · MELIORA ·, crowned coat-of-arms. Burns 4 (fig. 954); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1161/2 (same obv./rev. dies); SCBC 5458. VF. Well struck.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Superior (8 February 1978), lot 1124.