LOT 3579
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Double-Florin. Dated 1887.
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields with sceptres in angles and date above. SCBC 3922; ESC 394. Very Fine.(22.52gr, 36mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired since the 1970s;
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Crown. 1837-1907.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London mint. Dated RY LX and 1896. Old Head coinage. Designs by Thomas Brock and Benedetto Pistrucci. VICTORIA • DEI • GRA • BRITT • REGINA • FID • DEF • 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. below ground line to right, date in exergue. Edge inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN ★ ANNO REGNI LX ★. SCBC 3937; KM 783; ESC 6th 2599 (old 309); BSC 517. 27.99gr, 38mm, 11h
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex collector. -
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Crown. 1837-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
London mint. Dated 1890. Jubilee 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 bust 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; B.P. in small lettering beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. SCBC 3921; KM 765; ESC 300. 28.10gr, 39 mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex collector. -
England. Stuart Restored, Anne AR Shilling. 1702-1714.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Edinburgh mint. Dated 1707. O&J type 1. ANNA • DEI • GRATIA •, second draped bust of Queen Anne to left, E* below / MAG• BRI • FR• ET • HIB• REG •, crowned cruciform shields with central rayed Garter star, five strings to harp; date (J7-O7) above. SCBC 3609; ESC -; (cf. 1420; 6 strings). 5.74gr, 25mm, 6h
Fair. Very rare; not in ESC.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
