George III, pattern Shilling, 1816, struck in gold, laureate head right, date below, GEOR: III D:G: BRITT: REX F:D:, rev. struck en medaille, crowned shield within Garter, HONI . SOIT . Q MAL . Y . PENSE, edge milled, 7.97g. (ESC 1230 R7; WR 211 R7; Davies 80), brilliant, extremely fine, of the highest rarity
George III, pattern Shilling, 1816, struck in gold, laureate head right, date below, GEOR: III D:G: BRITT: REX F:D:, rev. struck en medaille, crowned shield within Garter, HONI . SOIT . Q MAL . Y . PENSE, edge milled, 7.97g. (ESC 1230 R7; WR 211 R7; Davies 80), brilliant, extremely fine, of the highest rarity

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George III, pattern Shilling, 1816, struck in gold, laureate head right, date below, GEOR: III D:G: BRITT: REX F:D:, rev. struck en medaille, crowned shield within Garter, HONI . SOIT . Q MAL . Y . PENSE, edge milled, 7.97g. (ESC 1230 R7; WR 211 R7; Davies 80), brilliant, extremely fine, of the highest rarity
來源
G.W. Egmont Bieber, Sotheby, 16 May 1889, lot 441
H Montagu, Spink catalogue 1891, no. 567
Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotière, Sotheby, 27 March 1922, lot 94
Palace (King Farouk), Sotheby, 27 February 1954, lot 818

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