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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 55

xJames I (1603-25), first coinage, Sovereign, 10.99g., first bust, crowned half-length bust to right in plain armour, holding orb and sceptre, reads ANG SCO FRAN ET HIB, rev. crowned square-topped shield with I R at sides, EXVRGAT DEVS DISSIPENTVR INIMICI, m.m. thistle (Schneider 1 (same dies); N.2065; S.2608), a full round coin, very fine, very rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 PROVENANCE:Stack´s, 7 December 1994, lot 2448

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