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16 September 2020

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The Collection of Scottish Coins formed by Michael Gietzelt

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№ 28

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16 September 2020

Hammer Price:
£6,500

Mary (1542-1567), First period, Abbey Crown (Écu), mm. star on obv., crown on rev., crowned shield flanked by cinquefoils, rev. cross fleury, thistles in angles, reads seqvarmvr, unbarred as, 3.32g/3h (SCBI 35, 976-7 and SCBI 58, 34, same dies; B 3, fig. 808, same dies; S 5390). Lightly creased, otherwise good very fine, very rare £4,000-£5,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Scottish Coins formed by Michael Gietzelt.

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Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection; S. Fay [’Dundee’] Collection, Spink/Bowers & Ruddy Auction (Los Angeles), 19 February 1976, lot 113; bt Spink