Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 156
James II (1685-88), Five Guineas, 1688, second laureate head facing left, iacobvs.ii. dei.gratia, rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, eleven strings to Irish harp, crowns frosted, mag. br.fra. et.hib rex. edge, inscribed, .+. decvs.et.tvtamen.anno.regni..qvarto.+. (MCE 119; S.3397A), small dig on reverse field, other very minor marks, toned, good very fine and pleasing, reverse better Estimate £ 6,000-7,000 provenance Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1942, no.14753 £27-0-0 (cat. as 1687)
Sold for
£6,200
