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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 470

William III (1694-1702), Sixpence, 1696, gvlelmvs. iii. dei. gra., second laureate and draped bust right with hair across breast, rev. inverted die axis, mag. br. fra. et.hib. rex., four crowned shields cruciform, later harp and small crowns, three strings to Irish harp, arms of Orange Nassau in centre, edge diagonally milled (ESC 1551 - R5; MCE 899 - ER; S.3537), about very fine, toned, a very rare bust variety and particularly rare with gvlelmvs

provenance
Purchased from Baldwin, 1945, £7.10/-
ticket states 'Miss Farqhar in BNJ says only 3 known with this bust.'

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Sold for
£700