James II (1685-88), Crown, 1688 qvarto, second laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform (ESC 746 (80); S.3407), minor striking softness at date, a nick to rim at 3 o'clock, and with faint traces of haymarking in reverse quarters, otherwise attractive tone overlying lustrous original surfaces, main devices superbly struck up, the portrait especially so, good extremely fine to almost as struck, very rare thus.
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000