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18–20 September 2018

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Lot

№ 496

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18 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£3,200

Silver, First period [1560 to 24 October 1561, contemporary with Second hammered issue], Groat, mm. star, bust A, decorated dress, 2.05g/6h (Borden/Brown 18, O1/R1; N 2032; S 2601). Extremely fine and practically as struck, deeply toned, very rare; probably the best specimen available to commerce £2,000-2,600

Provenance: R.S. James Collection, Spink Auction 31, 12 October 1983, lot 176