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Auction: 6029 - The Lucien LaRiviere Collection - Scottish Coins & Medals
Lot: 151

x James VI, gold Hat Piece (80s. 0d.; official wt 69 3/4 gr.= 4.52g.; 22ct), 1592, 4.47g., bust in tall hat to right, thistle behind, rev. crowned lion seated facing left holding sceptre, above, cloud and the word ´Jehova´ in hebrew, TE SOLVM VEREOR and date around (B. 2, fig. 952; St. 193; S. 5457), very faint scratches in reverse field, a well struck example of this popular and distinctive portrait coin, good very fine, very rare Estimate £ 6,000-7,000provenance: Spink auction 81, 19 November 1990, lot 62

Sold for
£9,000