CNG 103, Lot: 1226. Estimate $400. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James V. 1513-1542. AR Groat (25mm, 2.68 g, 11h). Second coinage, type III. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1526-1539. Crowned bust right; triple pellets to left; triple pellet stops / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; triple pellet stops. Burns 3 (fig. 706) var. (no trefoil behind); cf. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 933 (same rev. die); SCBC 5378. Near VF, toned. Well struck portrait.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection.