E-auction 10-2417 - fwo_251261 - UNITED KINGDOM 1/2 Crown Guillaume et Marie / armes tranche QVINTO 1693

UNITED KINGDOM 1/2 Crown Guillaume et Marie / armes tranche QVINTO 1693 VF

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Estimate :	190 €
Price :	64 €
Maximum bid :	65 €
End of the sale :	17 June 2013 18:37:00
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : 1/2 Crown Guillaume et Marie / armes tranche QVINTO

Date: 1693

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 33 mm

Weight : 14,34 g.

Edge : en relief

Catalogue references :

Sp.3436

Obverse

Obverse legend : GVLIELMVS.ET.MARIA.DEI.GRATIA.

Obverse description : portraits à droite de Guillaume III et Marie II.

Reverse

Reverse legend : REX.ET.REGINA.MAG.BR.FR.ET.HI..

Reverse description : écus couronnés d’Angleterre, Écosse, Irlande et France, quatre monogrammes formés d’un M et d’un W croisés, au centre armes de la maison de Nassau.

Commentary

Fille de Jacques II Stuart, Marie se marie en 1677 avec le Stathouder et prince d’Orange protestant, le futur Guillaume III.
A la suite de la “Glorieuse Révolution”, Jacques II prend la fuite. Avec l’accord du parlement, Guillaume et Marie deviennent conjointement roi et reine d’Angleterre en 1689..
The daughter of James II Stuart, Mary married the Protestant Stadtholder and Prince of Orange, the future William III, in 1677. Following the Glorious Revolution, James II fled. With the consent of Parliament, William and Mary became joint King and Queen of England in 1689.