CNG 112, Lot: 826. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (ORANGE). William III. 1694-1702. Proof AR Pattern Farthing (25mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Dies by James and John Roettier. Tower (London) mint. Dated 1698. GVLIELMVS TERTIVS ·, laureate and cuirassed bust right / BRITAN NIA · 1698 ·, Britannia seated left on globe, holding laurel branch and scepter and resting arm on shield at side. Peck 680. Iridescent tone with underlying brilliance, a few light hairlines. As struck.

From the Brondesbury Collection, purchased from Seaby, 31 December 1968.