CNG 100, Lot: 1098. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Half Sword & Scepter Piece (21mm, 2.53 g, 8h). Eighth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1601. (quatrefoil) · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, crowned coat-of-arms / (quatrefoil) · SALVS · POPVLI · SVPRA · LEX ·, sword and scepter crossed in saltire; crowned above, thistles flanking, · 1601 · below. Burns 1 (fig. 957; same dies); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1194 (same dies); SCBC 5461. VF, slightly ragged edge and wavy flan.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Auction VI (1 March 1989), lot 913.