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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 37

James I, third coinage, Crown, 29.94g., m.m. thistle, king crowned and in armour with a sword over his shoulder, on horseback right, groundline below, crowned rose on housing, rev. square garnished shield surmounted by Welsh plumes, reads qvae devs (FRC VIII/XVI; N.2121; S.2665), nick by reverse mintmark, otherwise as struck, almost extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £2,500-3,000 provenance: W Hadwen, Sotheby, 24 April 1877, lot 48 H Webb, Sotheby, 9 July 1894, lot 353 H E G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946, lot 45

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