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Auction: 19007 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Winter Auction
Lot: 223

William III (1694-1702), Sixpence, 1696, second laureate and draped bust right, reads gvlelmvs, g of gra double-punched, rev. crowned shields cruciform, late harp with three strings and small crowns, last 6 in date and m of mag double-punched (ESC 1218 [1551] [R5]; S.3537), struck in low relief, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare

provenance
Slaney, part II, Spink auction 229, 14 May 2015, lot 470 - £800
with his ticket, stating:
Purchased Baldwin, 1945 -£7.10.0
'Miss Farquhar in BNJ says only 3 known with this bust'



For further reading, see: 'Portraiture of Our Stuart Monarchs on their Coins and Medals, Part IV: William III', H Farquhar, BNJ, 1911, pp. 207-76

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£280