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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 455

Scotland, James V (1513-42), second coinage 1526-39, Groat, 2.60g, type II, Edinburgh, + iacobvs: 5: dei: gra: rex: scotor, crowned and mantled bust right, single arch to crown, rev. :oppi / dvm:e / dinb / vrgi, shield over long cross fourchée (Burns fig.720, 19; S.5377 - this coin illustrated), metal flaw on neck, otherwise almost extremely fine, rare

provenance
Lucien LaRiviere, Spink auction 179, 29 March 2006, lot 89
J K R Murray, Spink auction 57, 29 April 1987, lot 172
H A Parsons, Glendining, 11 May 1954, lot 729
R Carlyon-Britton, collections dispersed through Seaby

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Sold for
£1,600