Phalanthos
Struck under Marcus Aurelius
Graded NGC Mint State 4/5
with just a hint of weakness to hair and shoulder and corresponding part of reverse
with T over first B in obverse legend
Ireland, James II 1690 silver Halfpenny, PF62, struck over French 5 Sols PhalanthosJames II (1685 88), silver Proof striking of pewter money, Halfpenny, 1690, overstruck on a French Five Sols of Louis XIV, laureate head left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. inverted die axis, crowned Irish harp with eleven strings, date above, abbreviated Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, . MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. edge plain, weight 2. 21g (Timmins TS00Y 1C R5; D&F 483; S. 6591B).