401, Lot: 690. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR Balance Half Merk (30mm, 4.45 g, 3h). Sixth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: voided cinquefoil. Dated 1592. Crowned coat-of-arms; thistle to left and right / Balance over raised sword. Burns 937 (fig. 2); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1247-8; SCBC 5491. Near VF, toned, flan flaw and heavy marks on obverse, traces of deposits.

From the estate of Thomans Bentley Cederlind.