Details
LOT 3578
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Crown. 1837-1901.
London mint. Dated 1887. Old Head coinage. Designs by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Benedetto Pistrucci. VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / 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. SCBC 3921; KM 765. Very Fine. Toned.(28.24gr, 38mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
Literature
S.3921, ESC 296.
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