CNG 109, Lot: 1027. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Rider (30mm, 5.02 g, 5h). Seventh coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1599. (quatrefoil) · IACOBS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, armored figure of James riding right on richly caparisoned horse, holding sword in raised hand; · 1599 · in exergue / (quatrefoil) · SPERO · MELIORA ·, crowned coat-of-arms. Burns 9-10 and fig. 954; SCBC 5458. Good VF, traces of deposits in devices, hairlines and trace of graffiti in left field of reverse.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex Dr. James Davidson Collection (Part I, Dix, Noonan, Webb 59, 7 October 2003), lot 905, purchased from Daniels.