Details
LOT 4000
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1758.
Design by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIVS · II · DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate and draped bust to left / F · D · B · ET · L · D · S · R · I · A · T · ET · E · M · B · F · ET · H · REX·, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. SCBC 3704. Good Fine.(5.87gr, 25mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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