CNG 102, Lot: 1538. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. 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: sun/crown. Struck 1526-1529. (star) IΛCOBVS :· 5 :· DEI :· GRΛ :· REX :· SCOTORVM, crowned coat-of-arms; Xs flanking / (crown) CRVCIS :· ΛRMΛ :· SEQVAMVR, cross fleurée with quatrefoil at center; thistles in quarters. Burns 6 (fig. 743); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 896 (same obv. die); SCBC 5370. EF.

From the LVL Collection. Ex Eric P. Newman Collection (Part III, Heritage, 14 January 2014), lot 30246 (where it realized $19,000); Green Estate Partnership (Eric P. Newman/Burdette G. Johnson); Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green Collection.