LOT 4044
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Third-Farthing. Dated 1827. London mint.
Design by William Wyon. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to right, date below / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia to right, holding trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in left; national flower emblems in exergue. SCBC 3827. Brilliant Uncirculated.(1.56gr, 16mm, 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. Windsor, Elizabeth II AV Sovereign. Dated 2002. Royal Mint. 50th anniversary of accession of Queen Elizabeth II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Designs by Ian Rank-Broadley and Timothy Noad. ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRA REGINA·FID·DEF, fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara; IRB beneath head / Crowned Royal Shield of Arms, laurel wreath surrounding, date below. KM 1026; Sp. SC5. 8.00gr, 22mm, 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. -
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. Hanover, Victoria AR Sixpence. Dated 1901. Royal Mint. Old Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Design by Sir Thomas Brock. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DED • IND • IMP •, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / Crowned denomination within oak and olive wreath; date below. ESC 1771; Bull 3294; SCBC 3941. 2.84gr, 19mm, 12h.
Brilliant Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
