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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 350

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | James II (1685-1688), Shilling, 1687 over 6, IACOBVS • II • - DEI • GRATIA, laureate and draped bust right, no stop before DEI, rev. crowned shields cruciform, four strings to harp, angles plain, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 128; Bull 769; ESC 1072A; S.3410), a hint of adjustment to Garter star and a tiny historic scratch on cheek, some minor die degradation in legends and carbon spotting in shields, otherwise a sumptuously cabinet toned specimen, with iridescent flare in recesses, a really pleasingly good very fine, scarce in this exemplary state

Provenance

The L'Abbaye Collection of Early Milled Shillings: Part Two

Acquired privately from Stephen Mitchell, 27 August 2005

S Mitchell, FPL 79 (August 2005), no. 8654 - £770

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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£250