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, Victoria AR Crown. Dated 1889. London mint. Jubilee coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designs by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Benedetto Pistrucci. VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. 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. Bull 2589; ESC 299; SCBC 3921. 27.88gr, 38mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From 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. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Halfpenny. Dated 1799. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated to left, holding transverse trident in left hand and branch in her raised right hand; shield with Union flag resting on left; sea behind with ship on left; SOHO in small lettering and date below. SCBC 3778. 12.36gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Scratch on obverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Maundy Penny. Dated 1860. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Designs by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:, young head to left / Crowned denomination dividing date within oak wreath. SCBC 3920. 0.46gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
