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Auction: 6029 - The Lucien LaRiviere Collection - Scottish Coins & Medals
Lot: 85

x James V, gold Ducat or ´Bonnet piece´ (40s. 0d.), 1539, 5.74g., bearded bust of king to right wearing cap, rev. crowned shield over cross fleury (B. 2, fig. 752; St. 147; S. 5373), about very fine, very rare Estimate £ 5,000-6,000provenance: Bridgewater House collection, Sotheby, 15 June 1972, lot 478 Spink auction 64, 23 June 1988, lot 104 The first dated coin from the British Isles.

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