CNG 103, Lot: 1206. Estimate $750. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Penny (36mm, 5h). Second issue, ‘Cartwheel’ type. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on Union shield, holding olive branch in extended right hand and trident in left; at a distance to left, ship sailing right; date below. Peck 1133; SCBC 3777. In NGC encapsulation grades MS 63 RB. Attractive brown surfaces with underlying copper luster.

From the collection of a Classicist.