Details
LOT 4006
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Sixpence. Dated 1758. London mint.
Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. 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 · J7-58 ·, crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre. Bull 1763; ESC 1623; SCBC 3711. Very Fine.(3.00gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
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.
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