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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 454

Scotland, James IV (1488-1513), Halfgroat, 1.15g, Edinburgh, variety iiia, i.m. crown, iacobvs. dei. gra rex. scottor, neat crowned facing bust in tressure, stars by neck, rev. salvv. / fac. po / polvv. / tv d'ne, in inner circle vill / a ei / inb / vrge, long cross, mullet and three pellets in alternate angles (Burns fig.699; S.5345 - this coin illustrated), lightly double struck on obverse, a neat round coin, very fine for this very rare denomination

provenance
Lucien LaRiviere, Spink auction 179, 29 March 2006, lot 80
DNW, 9 December 2003, lot 439
Purchased from Spink, October 1970
Burns notes 'a specimen in the B.M. collection has scottor, as does this coin


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Sold for
£2,600