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, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1751.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITANNIA •, Britannia seated to left; date below. SCBC 3719. 9.95gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Sixpence. Dated 1901. Royal Mint. Old Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Design by Sir Thomas Brock. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DED • IND • IMP •, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / Crowned denomination within oak and olive wreath; date below. ESC 1771; Bull 3294; SCBC 3941. 2.84gr, 19mm, 12h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1758. London mint. Old head.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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 • J7-58 •, crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star. Bull 1734; ESC 1213; SCBC 3704. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Deeply toned.
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.
