CNG 102, Lot: 1544. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Half Sword & Scepter Piece (21mm, 2.51 g, 3h). Eighth coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: quatrefoil. Dated 1601. (quatrefoil) · IACOBVS · 6 · D · G · R · SCOTORVM ·, crowned coat-of-arms / (quatrefoil) · SALVS · POPVLI · SVPREMA · LEX ·, crossed sword and scepter; crown above, thistles flanking, · I60I · below. Burns 1 (fig. 957; same rev. die, but an earlier die state); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1194 (same rev. die, but an earlier die state); SCBC 5462. VF.

From the LVL Collection. Ex Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio 182 (10 January 2014), lot 1670.