Details
LOT 4008
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Sixpence. Dated 1757. 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 · J7-57, crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre. Bull 1762; ESC 1622; SCBC 3711. Good Fine.(2.98gr, 21mm, 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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