CNG 109, Lot: 1045. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (36mm, 9.94 g, 6h). Third (Briot’s) coinage. Class I. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle and B. Struck 1637-1642. CAROLVS ◊ D ◊ G ◊ MAG ◊ BRITAN ◊ FRAN ◊ ET ◊ HIB ◊ REX ◊, crowned and armored half-length bust right, holding scepter and orb; quadrate stops / HIS ◊ PRÆSVM ◊ VT ◊ PROSIM, crowned coat-of-arms; crowned C R above quadrate stop across fields; quadrate stops. Burns 3 and fig. 1032 (same obv. die); SCBC 5531. Near EF, light red toning in devices, traces of underlying luster.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1639.