LOT 4003
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1739. London mint. Roses in angles.
GEORGIUS • 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 • J7-39 •, four crowned shields cruciform, roses in angles. Bull 1713; ESC 1201; SCBC 3701. Good Very Fine.(5.99gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Halfcrown. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned arms within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • QUI MAL • Y • PENSE •• and wreath; date below. Bull 2771; ESC 719; SCBC 3924. 14.15gr, 32mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Halfpenny. Dated 1799. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated to left on rocks surrounded by waves, holding trident in left hand and olive branch in right, shield bearing the Union flag resting to right, SOHO (mintmark) on raised tablet beneath shield, ship sailing to right on horizon; date below. SCBC 3778. 12.69gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Florin. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields around Star of the Garter, sceptres in angles; date with Roman I above. Bull 2953; ESC 868; SCBC 3925. 11.27gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
