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LOT 3568
Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Crown. 1760-1820.
London mint. Dated RY LIX and 1819. 'New Coinage' Crown. Designs by Benedetto Pistrucci. GEORGIUS III D : G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D:, laureate head to right, small PISTRUCCI beneath truncation, date below / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small PISTRUCCI beneath ground line, W (Wyon) on buckle; Order of the Garter motto in Old French around: HONI • SOIT • QUI • MAL • Y • PENSE. Edge inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN (rosette) ANNO REGNI LIX (rosette). Bull 2010; ESC 215; SCBC 3787. 28.16gr, 38mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly toned; scattered scratches.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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