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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 46

James I (1603-25), first coinage, Halfcrown, 14.79g., king crowned and in armour holding sword, on horseback walking right, crowned rose on housing, groundline below, IACOBVS D G ANG SCO FRAN ET HIB REX, rev. square garnished shield, EXVRGAT DEVS DISSIPENTVR INIMICI, m.m. thistle (N.2071; S.2644) some light scratches in obverse field, otherwise a neatly struck full round coin, very fine or better, extremely rare thus Estimate £ 2,500-3,000PROVENANCE: H Webb, Sotheby, 9 July 1894, lot 349 T Bliss, Sotheby, 22 March 1916, lot 338 R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2145

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