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Auction: 4013 - Ancient, English, Foreign and Islamic Coins
Lot: 241

†James I (1603-25), first coinage, Crown, 29.97g., m.m. thistle, king crowned and in armour, with a sword over his shoulder, on horseback right, crowned rose on housing, groundline below, rev. square garnished shield, exvrgat devs dissipentvr inimici (FRC I/I; N.2070; S.2643), evenly toned, good very fine for this, rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance: J F H Checkley, Glendining, 10 February 1965, lot 39 Sotheby, 13 February 1986, lot 89 Sotheby, 4 April 1991, lot 245 The die combination I/I is very rare. It was recorded by Cooper only from this specimen, p.151 note (a)

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