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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 175

Anne, Halfcrown, 14.93g., 1703, draped bust facing left, plain below, anna.dei. gratia. toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, Pre-Union type crowned cruciform shields, seven weak strings to Irish harp, Garter Star at centre, date either side of crown above English shield, mag: br.fra et hib: reg: edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted axis, +.decvs.et.tvtamen. anno.regni.tertio+ (ESC 568 R4; S.3579), very attractively toned and well struck, a superb specimen, extremely fine, the finest known specimen of this extreme rarity Estimate £2,000-2,500 provenance Hon. R Marsham, Sotheby, 19 November 1888, lot 767 J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1903, lot 872 C E G Mackerell, Sotheby, 14 May 1906, lot 111 W L Raynes, Glendining,15 February 1950 lot 593 for £27

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