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Auction: 16014 - The Dr Paul Broughton Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins
Lot: 456

(x) James I (1603-1625), third coinage, Laurel, 9.14g, m.m. lis, iacobvs d g mag bri fran et hib rex, fourth laureate bust left, rev. faciam eos in gentem vnam, crowned shield on long cross fleury, m.m. to left of crown (Schneider 86; N.2114; S.2638C), lovely old gold colour, lustre subdued but distinct, pleasing portrait, better than most of this issue, slightly short of flan, but with legends nearly complete to the outer ends of the lettering, extremely fine

provenance

St James’s auction 7, 8 February 2008, lot 126


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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000