Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2298. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. James II. 1685-1688. AV 5 Guineas (41.64 g, 6h). Dated 1688. First bust. IACOBVS • II • DEI • GRATIA, laureate head left / MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB REX • 16 88 •, cruciform coat-of-arms divided by sceptres. Edge: •+• DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • QVARTO • + •. Schneider -; SCBC 3397. VF, coppery toning with light iridescence, minor adjustment marks. ($2000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.