Rare Inverted Signature Variety

Triton XIV, Lot: 1663. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George IV. 1820-1830. AR Crown (38mm, 28.27 g, 7h). Proof type. London mint. Benedetto Pistrucci, engraver; William Wellesley Pole, Master of the Mint. Dated SECUNDO and 1821. GEORGIUS IIII D : G : BRITANNIAR : REX F : D :, laureate head left; B.P. below truncation / Pistrucci’s St. George and the Dragon: heroically nude St. George, wearing crested Attic helmet, right on rearing horse, holding short sword in preparation to dispatch prostrate and wounded Dragon below, body right, head left; on ground to left, broken shaft of lance, inverted retrograde WWP below; 1821 in exergue. Edge: DECUS | ET TUTAMEN • | ANNO REGNI | SECUNDO •. Cf. L&S type 10; ESC -; SCBC 3805. NGC UNC Details, surface hairlines, toned, proof-like surfaces, minor scratches on jaw of portrait. Rare variety.