LOT 3945
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Penny. Dated 1737. London mint.
Design by John Croker. GEORGIVS • II • DEI • GRATIA, young laureate and draped bust to left / MAG • BRI • FR • ET • HIB • REX •, large crowned 1; date above. SCBC 3715A. Very Fine.(0.50gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Great Britain. Stuart (Orange), William III & Mary CU Halfpenny. Dated 1694. Tower (London) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
GVLIELMVS • ET • MARIA •, jugate busts to right of William, laureate and cuirassed, and Mary, draped / BRITAN-NIA •, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding branch and sceptre; garnished shield to right; date below. SCBC 3452. 11.80gr, 29mm, 5h.
Fine. Double struck.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Twopence. Dated 1797. Soho (Birmingham) mint. 'Cartwheel' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. GEORGIUS III · D : G · 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 3776. 55.93gr, 41mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1750. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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 • J7-50 •, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. SCBC 3704. 5.95gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
