Dated 1759 AD, old head. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: crowned arms with date above and M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET T E legend. S. 3685; Fr. 349. 4.22 grams. Recovered from the HMS Ramillies shipwreck, Cornwall, UK site by the vendor personally, 1985; accompanied by a printout of information about the ship and the wreck site. HMS Ramillies was a British navy 90 gun ship of the line; during a violent storm, she was running for shelter and, due to a navigation error, ran hard aground (struck so hard that her masts broke) and was wrecked near Ramillies Cove, on the south Cornish coast on 14th February 1760. TimeLine Auctions Ltd arranges printed catalogue rostrum Auctions, eAuctions and Timed Auctions where we offer antiquities, ancient artefacts / artifacts, antiques, collectibles, coins, medals and books for public sale.

Very fine; small scuff to obverse. A rare shipwreck relic.