CNG 102, Lot: 1546. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Unite (38mm, 9.87 g, 8h). Ninth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle. Struck 1609-1625. · (thistle) · IACOBVS · D’ · G’ · MAG’· BRIT’· FRAN’· & · HIB’· REX ·, half-length crowned and armored bust right, holding sword over shoulder in right hand, globus cruciger in left / · (thistle) · FACIAM · EOS · IN · GENTEM · VNAM ·, crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame; I R across field. Burns 1 (fig. 987); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1343 (same dies); SCBC 5463. Near EF, light golden tone. Struck on a broad flan.

From the LVL Collection. Ex St. James’s 26 (5 March 2014), lot 72 (where it realized £4000).