Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 144
xAnne, Five Guineas, 1706, first draped bust left, two locks of hair above taller and thinner, anna.dei. gratia. toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, Pre-Union crowned cruciform shields, semi-frosted inner rings to small crowns, seven strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, rose in centre, date at top, J type 1, .mag br.fra et.hib reg. edge inverted inscription in raised letters +decvs.et.tvtamen.anno.regni.qvinto. (Schneider 524; MCE.199; S.3560), struck on a broad flan, minor surface marks both sides, attractively toned, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 7,000-9,000 Strauss Collection, Sotheby, 26 May 1994, lot 197
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£7,000