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Auction: 6029 - The Lucien LaRiviere Collection - Scottish Coins & Medals
Lot: 146

x James VI, gold Twenty Pound piece, 1576, 30.48g., half length figure of the young king to right with branch in left and sword in right hand, no cartouche after SCOTOR, panel with IN VTRVNQUE. PARATVS.1576. below, rev. crowned shield, PARCERE SUBJECTIS & DEBELLARE SUPERBOS around (B. 1, fig. 947; St. 186; S. 5451), small scrape in field by king´s head, two light edge knocks at 4 and 5 o´clock, otherwise a clear and well struck coin, with an excellent provenance, very fine for this imposing piece, extremely rare Estimate £ 25,000-30,000provenance: Bridgewater House collection, Sotheby, 15 June 1972, lot 112 Spink auction 64, 23 June 1988, lot 112

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£30,000