LOT 3998
England. Hanover, George II AR Halfcrown. Dated 1745 LIMA and RY 19. London mint.
Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate bust to left, LIMA below / M • B • F • ET • H • REX F • D • B ET • L • D • S • R • I A • T • ET • E • J7-45 •, crowned cruciform arms. Edge inscription: DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • DECIMO • NONO •. Bull 1687; ESC 605; SCBC 3695. Good Very Fine. Toned.(15.03gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
FootnotesLIMA pieces were struck from a large hoard of silver captured from the Spanish by Admiral Anson's squadron operating in the Pacific Ocean. The word "Lima" engraved under the bust is a reference to the fact that the Spanish silver was being shipped from Lima, Peru back to Spain when it was intercepted by Anson.
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Group of Thirteen [13] Elizabeth II Commemorative Coins. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various types. 480gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth I Proof AR Pound. 2002. Royal Mint. Heraldic Emblems series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9
Designs by Ian Rank-Broadley and Norman Sillman. ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2002, fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, IRB is small lettering beneath truncation / ONE POUND, three lions passant guardant. KM 1030a. 9.50gr, 22.50mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. Certificate of Authenticity included.
The Norman Sillman heraldic emblem of the 'English Lions' reverse was originally introduced in 1996 with the Maklouf third portrait on the obverse. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Halfcrown. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned arms within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • QUI MAL • Y • PENSE •• and wreath; date below. Bull 2771; ESC 719; SCBC 3924. 14.14gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
