LOT 4018
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1787. London mint. With semée of hearts.
GEORGIVS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E •, cruciform arms and crowns in angles (with hearts); date below. Bull 2190; ESC 1629; SCBC 3749. Extremely Fine. Toned.(2.99gr, 21mm, 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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England. Hanover, George II AR Halfcrown. Dated 1745 LIMA and RY 19. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Designs by John Tanner and Johann Ochs. GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate bust to left, LIMA below / M • B • F • ET • H • REX F • D • B ET • L • D • S • R • I A • T • ET • E • J7-45 •, crowned cruciform arms. Edge inscription: DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • DECIMO • NONO •. Bull 1687; ESC 605; SCBC 3695. 15.03gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
LIMA pieces were struck from a large hoard of silver captured from the Spanish by Admiral Anson's squadron operating in the Pacific Ocean. The word "Lima" engraved under the bust is a reference to the fact that the Spanish silver was being shipped from Lima, Peru back to Spain when it was intercepted by Anson. -
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth I Proof AR Pound. 2002. Royal Mint. Heraldic Emblems series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9
Designs by Ian Rank-Broadley and Norman Sillman. ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2002, fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, IRB is small lettering beneath truncation / ONE POUND, three lions passant guardant. KM 1030a. 9.50gr, 22.50mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. Certificate of Authenticity included.
The Norman Sillman heraldic emblem of the 'English Lions' reverse was originally introduced in 1996 with the Maklouf third portrait on the obverse. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1817. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Design by Benedetto Pistrucci and Jean Baptiste Merlen. GEOR : III D : G : BRITT : REX F : D :, laureate head to right; date below / Crowned, garnished shield of arms within Garter inscribed HONI • SOIT • Q MAL • Y • PENSE •. SCBC 3791. 2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 5 January 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
