Lot 367. The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | George I (1714-1727), 'Roses and Plumes' Shilling, 1723, GEORGIVS • D ' G • M • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • F • D • first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. 23 • BRVN ET • L • DVX S • R • I • A : TH • ET • EL • 17, crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, six hearts to semée, roses and plumes in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips -; ESC 1175; Bull 1583; S.3645), broadly struck with richer cabinet tone overlying lustrous original surfaces, a pleasing and wholesome very fine, an overlooked scarcity on account of the ubiquity of surviving South Sea Coinage specie of this year, very rare thus.Provenance, The L'Abbaye Collection of Early Milled Shillings: Part Two, R Ingram, by private treaty, 24 July 2002 - £155 Estimate: £240 - £300