SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Half Unit (26mm, 4.91 g, 2h). Third coinage, Briot’s issue, type I. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1637-1642. CAR ◊ D : G ◊ MAG ◊ BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX, crowned and draped bust left; small B at end of legend / ◊ VNITA ◊ TVEMVR ·, crowned coat-of-arms; crowned C R over lozenges flanking. Murray 1, a/(2 or 3); Burns 5 (fig. 1034; same obv. die); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1398 (same obv. die); SCBC 5534. Toned, slightly crimped, a few edge marks. VF. Rare.
Ex Saunders Collection; H. Farquhar (Glendining, 25 April 1955), lot 34 (part of).
