Details
LOT 2579
English Milled Coins - Victoria - 1855 - AE Halfpenny Dated 1855 A.D.
Young head. Obv: profile bust with date below and VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: seated Britannia with BRITANNIAR REG FID DEF legend; emblems in exergue. Near very fine; sometime cleaned.(9.14 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
S. 3949.
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