William III AR Crown, 3rd bust, AD 1696.

GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA, laureate, draped bust right over 
a breastplate with horizontal neck line.
MAG BR FRA ER HIB REX and date 1696, Edge: TRICESIMO, 
crowned cruciform shields of England, Ireland, Scotland 
and France with lion rampant in the centre.

SE 3472.
ex-Bowers, Ruddy Springfield II sale in 1981 and Goldberg 1999 Dr. Richard Ariagno sale (PCGS MS64).
Very rare.

Contributed by Marv Finnley, Oct. 2017.