LOT 3995
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Half Sovereign. Dated 1874. Royal mint. Type A3. Die number: 21.
Design by William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, third young head to left, hair tied in fillet; date below / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned embellished shield-of-arms; die number below. KM 735.2; Marsh 449; SCBC 3860D. Near Very Fine.(3.90gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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England. Stuart (Orange), William III AR Sixpence. Dated 1697. Third bust.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GVLIELMVS • III • DEI • GRA •, profile bust to right / MAG BR • FRA ET • HIB REX •, cruciform arms; date above. SCBC 3538. 3.01gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Double Florin. Dated 1887. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / BRITT: REG: FID: DEF:, crowned cruciform shields around Star of the Garter, sceptres in angles; date with Roman I above. Bull 2695; ESC 394; SCBC 3922. 22.59gr, 36mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Hanover, George IV CU Farthing. Dated 1821. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to left / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated figure of Britannia facing to right with lion at her feet, trident in left hand, shield with Union flag and olive branch in right; date in exergue. SCBC 3822. 4.72gr, 22mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
