Interesting Overstrike

256, Lot: 903. Estimate $75. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND. James II. 1685-1691. Brass Crown (33mm, 13.91 g, 12h). ‘Gunmoney’ coinage. Dated 1690. James on horseback riding left, holding sword and reins / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around crown. D&F 366; SCBC 6578. Near VF, brown patina, overstruck on a 1689 Gunmoney halfcrown.

An interesting overstrike with the the undertype profile of James’ portrait remaining in such a away as to make it appear as if James was riding a man-headed horse