CNG 85, Lot: 1557. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND. James II. 1685-1691. Æ Crown (32mm, 13.53 g, 1h). ‘Gunmoney’ coinage. Dated 1690. IAC • II • DEI • GRA • MAG • BR[I • FRA •] ET • HIB • REX, James, armored, on horseback left, holding sword in right hand and rein in left / CHRISTO • VIC[TORE • TRIVM]PHO, cruciform crowned coats-of-arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland; crown in center, ANO DOM 16 90 in quarters. SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 432; D&F 366; SCBC 6578. Near EF, attractive brown surface. Overstruck on Gunmoney Halfcrown (SCBC 6579), with clear traces of undertype.