CNG 109, Lot: 1038. Estimate $2500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR Thirty shillings (38mm, 22.08 g, 12h). Fourth coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1582. IACOBVS • 6 • DEI • GRATIA • REX • SCOTORVM •, crowned and armored bust left, holding sword / HONOR • REGIS • IVDICIVM • DILIGIT • 158Z •, crowned royal coat-of-arms; I R and (XXX in triangle) S (mark of value) across field. Burns 2 and fig. 933; SCBC 5487. Good VF, attractive iridescent tone, flan crack, trace of roughness in legends. Superb portrait.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 733463 (December 2002; Dix, Noonan, Webb (8 October 2002), lot 765; Revd. W. L. Gantz Collection (Part II, Glendining, 23 June 1941), lot 1559.