Triton XIX, Lot: 2752. Estimate $10000. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND. James II. 1685-1691. Proof AV ‘Shilling’ (23mm, 5.87 g, 12h). ‘Gunmoney’ coinage. Dublin or Limerick mint. Dated June 1690. Laureate head left / Crown over two scepters crossed in saltire; J R in script across field, XII above, June in script below. D&F 444; SCBC 6582g. Near EF, toned, scratches. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1985. Ex J.G. Murdoch Collection (Part 4, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 21 July 1903), lot 65; H. Montagu Collection (English–Part 4, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 July 1897), lot 283; G.W.E. Bieber Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 May 1889), lot 293.