LOT 4036
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV AR Crown. Dated 1822 and RY TERTIO.
GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, laureate head to left / 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 B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Edge inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI TERTIO. Bull 2320; ESC 252; SCBC 3805. Good Fine.(27.73gr, 38mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Group of One Hundred [100] Great Britain CU Pennies and Halfpennies. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various dates. 1173gr total.
Fine to Very Fine. In three velvet trays.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Great Britain. Windsor, George VI CU Penny. Dated 1937. Royal Mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Designs by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Charles Walter Coombes. GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F: D : IND : IMP., head to left; HP in small lettering beneath truncation / ONE PENNY, seated figure of Britannia to right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind with lighthouse to left; date in exergue. KM 845. 9.42gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George II AR Shilling. Dated 1745. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
GEORGIUS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E • J7-45 •, crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, roses in angles. SCBC 3702. 5.94gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
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.
