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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: 179

James VI, seventh coinage, 1593-1601, AV Rider, 5.05g., 1595, 5 over 4, m.m. quatrefoil, king on horseback in armour, brandishing sword, galloping right, date in exergue, rev. crowned shield spero meliora (B4-var.; St 196-var.; S.5458), light scratches on obverse, a very rare variety with the over-date, extremely fine Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance Frankfurter Munzhandler, December 1998

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