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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 357

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | George I (1714-1727), 'Roses and Plumes' Shilling, 1716, GEORGIVS • D ' G • M • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • F • D • first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. 16 • BRVN ET • L • DVX S • R • I • A : TH • ET • EL • 17, large D in DVX, crowned shields cruciform, nine strings to harp, six hearts to semée, roses and plumes in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 268; ESC 1163 [R3]; Bull 1562 [R3] ~ albeit nine strings not noted; S.3645), a hint of rub to hair, otherwise handsomely and darkly cabinet toned with flares of lustrous and colourful iridescence in recesses, a pleasingly good very fine, very rare

Provenance

The L'Abbaye Collection of Early Milled Shillings: Part Two

Seaby, by private treaty, 12 January 1973 - £60



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