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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 126

xWilliam and Mary, Five Guineas, 1692, elephant and castle below conjoined laureate busts right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, fine detail more crudely engraved, crowned, quartered shield with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau with eleven lozenges, nine strings to Irish harp, date at top, .mag.br.fr.et.hib. rex.et.regina. edge inverted inscription in raised letters +.decvs . et . tvtamen ..anno . regni . qvarto., (Schneider -; MCE.139; S.3423), weak strike at provenance mark, light friction to high points, otherwise with considerable brilliance, extremely fine / nearly extremely fine and rare Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 Strauss Collection, Sotheby, 26 May 1994, lot 186

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