silver Piedfort proof Five-Pounds
holding trident and palm branch
DIVA TEGENS BATAVOS QVA CVSPIDE REPPVLIT HOSTES NVNC OLEAS PACIS SVRGERE SIGNA IVBET
6h (RIC 268
William III 1695 Half-Guinea, AU58, 1st year silver Piedfort proof Five-PoundsWilliam III (1694 1702), gold Half Guinea, 1695, laureate head right, legend surrounding, GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA., toothed border around rim both sides, rev. crowned cruciform shields, early harp in Irish shield, sceptres in angles, Lion of Nassau at centre, date either side of top crown, . MAG. BRI. FRA. ET. HIB REX. (Schneider 515; Bull EGC 429; MCE 189; S. 3466). Toned, with a few flecks, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58.