CNG 105, Lot: 1231. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James V. 1513-1542. AR Groat (25mm, 2.49 g, 6h). 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. VF, toned.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.