Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 4 21 Sep 2021
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George II (1727-60), silver Crown, 1743, older laureate and draped bust left, GEORGIUS.II. DEI.GRATIA., toothed border around rim both sides, rev. crowned cruciform shields, ten strings to Irish harp, roses in angles, garter star at centre, legend M.B.F.ET.H. REX. F.D.B. ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T ET.E., edge inscribed in raised letters and dated, DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO REGNI. DECIMO. SEPTIMO, 30.08g (Bull 1667; ESC 124; S.3688). Toned with some light flecking on obverse, with a lovely colour on reverse, extremely fine.
The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George II by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius et Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."
The roses reverse is traditionally thought to be indicative of silver sourced from English mine operations only.
Purchased from Saltford Coins, July 2006 Sales List, item 1823.
(£3,000-£4,000)
The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George II by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius et Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."
The roses reverse is traditionally thought to be indicative of silver sourced from English mine operations only.
Purchased from Saltford Coins, July 2006 Sales List, item 1823.
(£3,000-£4,000)