LOT 3932
Great Britain. Hanover, George I AR Shilling. Dated 1723. London mint. South Sea Company issue.
GEORGIVS · D · G · M · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REX · F · D ·, first bust laureate, draped, and armored to right / · BRVN ET · L · DVX S · R · I · A · TH ET · EL, crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter Star; SS and C alternating in angles. SCBC 3647. Fine.(5.86gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George I CU Farthing. Dated 1724.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GEORGIVS • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right (stop to right of head) / BRITA-N-NIA •, Britannia seated to left, date below. Peck 828; SCBC 3662. 4.28gr, 24mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1741. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
GEORGIVS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, roses in angles; date above. SCBC 3701. 5.98gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Farthing. Dated 1827. London mint. Second issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to left; date below / BRITANNIAR : REX FID : DEF :, Britannia seated to right, holding transverse trident in left hand, and shield with Union flag in right hand; shamrock, rose, and thistle in exergue. SCBC 3825. 4.77gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired Liverpool, September 1941. Ex Dr Stewart Lyon. Ex Spink, 26 June 2008, no.620. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
