From the Cooke, Peck, & Carter Collections
CNG 93, Lot: 1889. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART (ORANGE). William III & Mary. 1688-1694. AR Farthing (23mm, 5.12 g, 5h). London mint. Dated 1694. GVLIELMVS · ET · MARIA, jugate busts right of William, laureate and armored, and Mary, draped / BRITΛN NIA ·, Britannia seated left on globe, holding olive branch and pole; garnished Union shield below; 1694 in exergue. Peck 627; cf. SCBC 3453 (for general type). Superb EF, attractively toned, minor die flaw on reverse.
Ex Colin D. Cooke Collection (Colin Cooke, 26 May 2006), lot 630 (purchased from Spink, 1969); Charles Wilson Peck Collection; Dr. E. C. Carter Collection.