| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 216 Price realized: 290 GBP (Approx. 364 USD / 339 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: William III, Solus (1694-1702), Sixpence, 1696 Y, York, stops on obverse, first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, capital Y below, rev. crowned shields cruciform, four strings ton harp, angles plain, edge obliquely milled, 3.01g, 6h (Jackson-Kent [SNC, May 1961], p. 119, K.11; ESC 1540; Bull 1294; Spink 3526), toned, a pleasingly good very fine, scarce and with an excellent pedigree. Provenance, Lord Hamilton of Dalzell MC, Spink 3, 21 February 1979, lot 271 - "well struck, extremely fine, attractively toned, extremely rare" [with his ticket, stating:], Spink, by private treaty, 5 September 1944 - extremely fine - £1.17.6, Lord Grantley, Fourth Portion, Glendining, 20-21 April 1944, lot 1622 [part] - "very fine" - £4.10.0, T Bliss, Sotheby, March 1916, lot 568 [part] - "....Sixpences (13), of same mints as the Shillings... one of York dated 1696, with capital Y under bust....some fine and rare, including the last piece" - £4.5.0 [Spink] Estimate: £100 - £140 |  |
