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Live auction - fwo_636418 - GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II Crown (couronne) vieille tête 1743 Londres

GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II Crown (couronne) vieille tête 1743 Londres AU/AU
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Estimate : 1 500 €
Price : 800 €
Maximum bid : 1 000 €
End of the sale : 09 March 2021 19:45:40
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Crown (couronne) vieille tête
Date: an 17
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 39,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 30,01 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief : DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. DECIMO. SEPTIMO
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : GEORGIUS. II. - DEI. GRATIA..
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Georges II à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant .
Obverse translation : (Georges II par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse


Reverse legend : M. B. F. ET. - H. REX. F. D. B. - ET. L. D. S. R. I. - A. T. ET. E. 17-43.
Reverse description : Croix formée de quatre écus couronnés : au 1 parti d'Angleterre et d'Écosse, au 2 de France, au 3 d'Irlande, au 4 tranché de Brunswick et de Lunebourg ; au centre, bijou de l'ordre de Saint-Georges, accosté d’une rose dans chacun des cantons.
Reverse translation : (Roi de Grande-Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande, défenseur de la Foi, duc de Brunswick et Lunebourg, archi-trésorier et électeur du Saint-Empire).

Historical background


GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE II

(22/06/1727-25/10/1760)

Georges II (10/11/1683-25/10/1760) is the son of Georges I (1714-1727) and Sophie-Dorothée of Brunswick. He succeeded his father in 1726 and was also Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg. He left Walpole to govern until 1742. He was the first Hanoverian king to take an interest in England.

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