150, Lot: 315. Estimate $100. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (Restored). James II. 1685-1688. AR Shilling (25mm, 5.72 g, 6h). Dated 1685. Laureate and draped bust left / Crowned cruciform arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. ESC 1068; SCBC 3410. Fine, toned.

From the Peter J. Laux Collection.

Either a misplaced stop or a similarly shaped die flaw emerges from the left side of the R in GRATIA, and the R is filled.