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LOT 4023
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Crown. Dated 1900 and RY LXIII. London mint. Old Head Coinage.
Designs by Sir Thomas Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DED • IND • IMP •, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath 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. Edge inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN ★ ANNO REGNI LXIII ★. Bull 2608; ESC 318; SCBC 3937. Good Fine. Lightly toned.(28.08gr, 39mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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