LOT 3978
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AR Sixpence. Dated 1817. London mint. New coinage.
Designs 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. Almost Uncirculated.(2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Colin Cooke, 15 October 2002.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George III CU Farthing. Dated 1799. Soho (Birmingham) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate and draped bust to right; date below / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated to left on rock, holding olive branch and trident with shield, SOHO raised on rock to right, ship to left of Britannia; denomination below. SCBC 3779. 6.54gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Stuart (Orange), William III AR Sixpence. Dated 1697. Third bust.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GVLIELMVS • III • DEI • GRA •, profile bust to right / MAG BR • FRA ET • HIB REX •, cruciform arms; date above. SCBC 3538. 3.01gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; 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.
