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Auction: 6029 - The Lucien LaRiviere Collection - Scottish Coins & Medals
Lot: 104

x Mary, Testoon (4s. 0d., official weight 78 1/2 gr. = 5.09g., 0.916 fine), 1553, type I, 4.73g., crowned bust to right, rev. crowned shield between two cinquefoils, legend DA PACEM DOMINE (B. 1, fig. 780; St. 166; S. 5401), lightly porous in obverse field, small scratch before face, otherwise an unusually well struck example of this charming portrait type, good very fine, extremely rare thus Estimate £ 4,000-5,000provenance: ex Marquess of Bute (238a) Stack´s, 30 April 1987, lot 1870

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