Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 143

James II, Crown, 30.17g., 1687, second laureate and draped bust facing left, iacobvs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, eight strings to Irish harp, Garter Star at centre, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex., edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted axis, .+.decvs.et.tvtamen. .anno.regni.tertio.+. (ESC 78; S3407), the most perfectly struck specimen of this usually poorly struck issue we can recall seeing, only a light hint of friction to Scottish lion otherwise attractively toned, as struck, the finest known specimen with an excellent pedigree Estimate £3,000-4,000 provenance Hugh Howard, Sotheby, 20 May 1874 W Brice, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu H Montagu, Sotheby, 7 May 1888, lot 480 A B Richardson, Sotheby, 22 May 1895, lot 301 H G C Day, collection purchased by Baldwin, c.1935 Capt H E G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946 lot 330 H M Lingford, Glendining, 24th October 1950, lot 389 for £46

Sold for
£4,000