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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 614

William and Mary (1688-1694), Five Guineas, 1691, tertio, with elephant and castle, conjoined laureate busts right, elephant and castle below, rev. crowned quartered shield with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau, with eleven lozenges, eight strings to Irish harp (MCE.137; S.3423), hints of attractive reddish toning, minor marks on kings head and in field, light scratch behind busts and by top left of reverse shield, good very fine Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance Sotheby, 13 February 1986, lot 154

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