LOT 3958
Great Britain. Hanover, George II CU Halfpenny. Dated 1739. London mint.
GEORGIVS • II • REX •, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITAN-NIA •, Britannia seated to left on globe, holding olive branch and sceptre; Union shield to right, date below. SCBC 3717. Good Very Fine.(10.22gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Fourpence. Dated 1900. Royal mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Design by Sir Thomas Brock and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·, veiled bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / Crowned denomination dividing date within oak wreath. SCBC 3944. 1.87gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria CU Penny. Dated 1901. London mint. Old Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Sir Thomas Brock and Leonard Charles Wyon. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DEF • IND • IMP •, diademed and veiled bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / ONE PENNY, Britannia seated to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind; date in exergue. SCBC 3961. 9.20gr, 31mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George I AR Shilling. Dated 1723. London mint. South Sea Company issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
GEORGIVS · D · G · M · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REX · F · D ·, first bust laureate, draped, and armored to right / · BRVN ET · L · DVX S · R · I · A · TH ET · EL, crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around rayed Garter Star; SS and C alternating in angles. SCBC 3647. 5.86gr, 27mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
