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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 164

William III, Shilling, 5.89g., 1699, fourth laureate and draped bust facing right, with "flaming" hair, gvlielmvs. iii.dei.gra., all stops weak, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, five strings to Irish harp, Lion of Nassau at centre, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. rex., edge, diagonally milled (ESC 1116; S.3515), toned, good very fine, rare Estimate £400-500 provenance Lieut Col H W Morrison, Sotheby, 20 November 1933, lot 781 pt. K R R Readhead, collection purchased by Baldwin, c.1950

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