Scottish Coins

Triton XXI, Lot: 1528. Estimate $7500. Sold for $13000. 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 Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex LVL Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 102, 18 May 2016), lot 1538; Eric P. Newman Collection (Part III, Heritage, 14 January 2014), lot 30246 (hammer $19,000); Green Estate Partnership (Eric P. Newman/Burdette G. Johnson); Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green Collection.