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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 997

James VI, fifth coinage (1588), AV Thistle Noble, 7.56g, undated crowned shield on ship, thistle below, between two flags with motifs "I" and "6", jacobvs 6 dei gratia rex scotorvm, rev. thistle plant with crowned crossed sceptres and lions rampant in panel surrounded by eight thistles, florent scept piis regna his iova dat nvmeratq (B.1, fig.951; S.5456), edge irregular, with imperfections at 3 & 9 o´clock, very fine, rare Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance Spink 64, 23 June 1988, lot 113 Dundee, Spink / Bowers, 19 February 1976, lot 228

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