Auction Catalogue

28 September 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 944

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28 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£3,700

James II (1437-1460), Second coinage, First issue, Lion, mm. cross both sides, shield divided by two small crowns, 3.45g/3h (SCBI 35, 685, same dies; B 1, and fig. 519, same dies; Lockett 202, same dies; S 5220). Very fine and full, very rare (£1,500-2,000)

Provenance:
J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-13 May 1903, lot 122