NumisBids
  
Baldwin & Sons
Auction 108  8 Nov 2022
View prices realized

Lot 111

Starting price: 4200 GBP
Lot unsold
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
George I (1714-27), Crown, 1716, laureate and draped bust right, toothed borders surrounding, reads GEORGIVS DG M BR FR ET HIB REX FD. Rev, crowned cruciform shields, eleven strings to Irish harp, garter star, roses and plumes in angles, date flanking top crown, reads BRVN ET L DVX S.R.I.A:TH ET. EL, edge inscription as DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SECVNDO (S.3639; Bull.1540; ESC 110). Olive blue mixed toning fused in a steel grey patina, much of its original mint bloom visible around the periphery. Little flecking both sides with a comprehensive portrait of the King. Good extremely fine and about as struck, very rare so well preserved.
Question about this auction? Contact Baldwin & Sons