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VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, first young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned quartered shield of arms. Fr 389b; KM 735.1; Marsh 416; SCBC 3859. 3.99gr, 19mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : F : D :, young head to left, hair tied in plait and crowned with wreath of Banskia; date below / AUSTRALIA, crowned within wreath; SYDNEY MINT above; HALF SOVEREIGN below. Marsh 384; McD 006. 3.97gr, 19mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

EDWARDVS VII D : G : BRITT : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP :, bare head to right / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; date in exergue. Fr 400; KM 805; Marsh 182; SCBC 3969. 7.97gr, 22mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

GEORGIVS V D . G . BRITT : OMN : REX F . D . IND : IMP :, bare head to left; B. M. in small lettering on truncation / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Fr 405; KM 819 ; Marsh 5274006. 3.98gr, 19mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

This 2003 UK Ingot and Full Sovereign Gold Coin Set was struck to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 50th coronation anniversary and contains a gold full sovereign of 2003, which features Benedetto Pistrucci's famous St George and the Dragon design and a replica of the 1953 1s 3d coronation stamp in 925 sterling silver, which features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation day. 163gr total, box: 10.6mm x 91mm.

Brilliant Uncirculated.

From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. With certificate of authenticity no.0242/1000.

Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 745gr total.

As shown.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

+ ALЄXANDЄR (ЄR ligate) RЄX, crowned head to left; lis-tipped sceptre before / ROB-ЄRT OH [...] (OB and ЄR ligate), voided long cross; stars in quarters (4 stars of 6 points). SCBC 5043. 1.35gr, 18mm, 4h.

Good Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market circa 1996.

ALЄ[...]ЄX •, crowned head to right; sceptre to right / [...]D DЄ PЄR (ЄR ligate), voided long cross; stars in quarters. SCBC 5047. 0.57gr, 18mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

✠ IOҺANNЄS DЄI GRA, crowned head to left; lis-tipped sceptre before / RЄX SCO-TOR-VM ✠, long cross pattée; voided mullets of five points in quarters. SCBC 5071. 1.15gr, 19mm, 8h.

Near Very Fine.

Found whilst searching with a metal detector on 3rd October 2024 in Great Billington, Bedfordshire, UK. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-B62E19.

IOҺA-NNЄS RЄ-X, crowned facing bust, holding cruciform sceptre; rosette to right; all within triangle / ✠ ROBЄ ✠ RD ON ✠ DIVЄ, Pinwheel (sun) within crescent moon; three stars around; all within triangle; three crosses pattée around legend. D&F 50; SCBC 6228. 1.30gr, 18mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

Found near Lewes, East Sussex, UK.

.ЄDW. R'. AHGL'. D-NS. ҺУB', crowned facing bust; two pellets below; all within triangle / CIVI-TAS-DVBL-INIЄ, long cross pattée; trefoil of pellets in quarters. North, Anglo-Irish, Group B, 1a; D&F 64; SCBC 6247. 1.31gr, 19mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman.

IACOBUS • II • DEI • GRATIA, laureate head to left / MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REX, crown over crossed septors flanked by J R, above XII (mark of value) and date; Sep r (month of issue) below. SCBC 6581C. 5.52gr, 26mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.