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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 324

James I (1603-25), first coinage 1603-04, Shilling, 6.03g, m.m. thistle, .iacobvs. d.' g.' ang.' sco.' fra.' et. hib.' rex., first crowned bust right with square cut beard, wearing decorated armour, mark of value xii behind, rev. .exvrgat. devs. dissipentvr. inimici., plain square topped shield (N.2072; S.2645), a neat round coin with an excellent portrait, deeply toned, nearly extremely fine, very rare in this condition

provenance
V J E Ryan, Glendining, January 22-24 1952, lot 1052, 'extremely fine and nicely toned, rare so fine', £21
H W Thorburn, Sotheby, 27-29 November 1918, lot 202
J E Moon, Sotheby, 7 May 1901, lot 184, 'extremely fine, the bust well struck up and very rare thus', £8
H Montagu, Sotheby, 7-12 May 1888, lot 279 (part)
W Brice, collection purchased by H Montagu, 1887
Rev. E J Shepherd, Sotheby, 22 June 1883, lot 310, £15.15/-
J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20-31 May 1873, lot 623, 'very finely preserved and rare', £7.5/-


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