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Auction: 7018 - Dr R Ferrari English Crowns, R Wilson Scottish Coins, A Louise Irish Coins, K MacKenzie Ottoman Coins & Other Propertie
Lot: 131

James V (1513-1542), second coinage, 1526-1539, AV Crown (20s., official weight 52.25grs.), 3.41g., Type III, m.m. radiant star, trefoil stops, crowned round bottomed shield, crown with seven pearls and diamond hatching of interior, an x either side of shield, rev. m.m. crown, filleted cross fleury with quatrefoil at centre, thistle head in angles, crvcis arma seqvamvr· (B.6, fig. 744- similar; St.142; S.5370), legends weak in places, extremely fine, very rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance Murdoch, Sotheby, 11 May 1903, lot 174 T Bearman, collection, purchased by Baldwin, c.1922 R C Lockett, Glendinings, 18 June 1957, lot 287 D McDonald, DNW, 7 October 2004, lot 697

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