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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 405

William and Mary, Halfcrown, 1692, second, conjoined busts right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, third type, crowned cruciform shields of arms, with Lion of Nassau as an escutcheon with eight lozenges at centre, date surrounding, six strings to Irish harp, tiny fleur de lis in French arms, WM monogram in angles, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., edge, inverted, .+.+.decvs.et.tvtamen..anno.regni.qvarto (ESC 517; S.3436), light adjustment marks in one quarter of reverse, toned, nearly very fine Estimate £ 500-600PROVENANCET Bliss, Sotheby, 15 May 1916, lot 553 partLord Grantley, Glendining, 20 April 1944, lot 1615 part

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