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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 149

William III (1694-1702), Crown, 29.84g., 1696, first laureate and draped bust facing right, curved cuirass, gvlielmvs. iii.dei.gra., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, six strings to Irish harp, Lion of Nassau at centre, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. rex., edge, inscribed in raised letters of upright axis, .+.+.decvs.et.tvtamen. .anno.regni.octavo.+.+. (ESC 89; S.3470), a few specks of excess metal on fields, toned and with a hint of friction in hair, otherwise extremely fine Estimate £600-800 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1943 £1.10/-

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