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Auction: 22105 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 20 - The Wootton Collection of English Silver Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 2443

William III (1694-1702), 'Roses' Sixpence, 1699 (3), no stop after GRA, third laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. large crowned shields cruciform, angles plain, three strings to harp, seven billets, edge obliquely milled, 2.94g, 6h, small pawnbroker's mark in first quarter of reverse, otherwise rubbed and toned, fine, the reverse boldly so; another, rev. three strings, seven billets, 2.79g, 6h ('Some Notes and Observations on the Silver Coinage of William III, 1695-1701', SNC (1961), K.56; Jackson-Kent (1965), lot 230; Pywell-Phillips 190; Hardcastle 2681; Viles 3806; Bull 1246 [R3]; ESC 1578), rubbed flat, good to fair, rare; lastly, stop after GRA, inconclusive inverted A for first V in GVLIELMVS, rev. three strings, seven billets, 2.87g, 5h (Bull 1247; ESC 1578A; Spink 3547), slightly crimped with an old scratch before chin, about good, rare (3)

Provenance
i), ii) By private treaty, 16 August 1996
iii), Format, Birmingham, 21 September 2000



The incorporation of a 'rose' in the overall design was used to denote silver bullion originally supplied by mines from the West of England such as those in Bere Ferrers and Combe Martin (Devon), or Dulverton and Brushford on the Somerset border.

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