LOT 4025
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Shilling. Dated 1817. London mint. 'Bull Head' type. Last coinage.
Designs by Benedetto Pistrucci and Thomas Wyon. GEOR : III D : G : BRITT : REX F : D :, laureate head to right; date below / Ornate crowned Royal shield overlaid with smaller crowned shield, all within Garter inscribed HONI(unbarred H) • SOIT • Q MAL • Y • PENSE. Bull 2146; ESC -; SCBC 3790. Very Fine.(5.55gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx 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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Great Britain. Stuart, Anne AR Penny. Dated 1703. Tower (London) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANNA • DEI • GRATIA •, draped bust to left, with hair tied in fillet / • MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REG J7-03, crowned denomination. SCBC 3599. 0.50gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Farthing. Dated 1823. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia facing to right with lion at her feet, trident in left hand, shield with Union flag and olive branch in right; date in exergue. SCBC 3822. 4.82gr, 22mm, 7h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
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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Group of Sixty Eight [68] Great Britain CU Coins. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Various kings. 907gr total.
Very Fine. In two velvet trays.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
