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. Windsor, George V AV Sovereign. Dated 1913. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Designs by Edgar Bertram MacKennal and Benedetto Pistrucci. 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 404; KM 820; Marsh 215; MCE 641; SCBC 3996. 7.99gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Stuart (Restored), Charles II Gilt AR Shilling 'Touch Piece'. Dated 1668. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CAROLVS•II•DEI•GRATIA, laureate and draped bust of Charles II to right / MAG BR•FRA• ET•HIB REX•16-68•, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star; conjoined Cs in each quarter. SCBC 3375. 5.91gr, 25mm, 6h.
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. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Edward VII AR Sixpence. Dated 1902. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Design by George William de Saulles. EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:, bare head to right; DE S. in small lettering beneath truncation / Crowned denomination; all within laurel and oak wreath, date below. SCBC 3983. 2.83gr, 20mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
