CNG 87, Lot: 2115. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Penny (41mm, 28.19 g, 6h). “Cartwheel” type. Soho mint; Conrad Kuchler, engraver. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right; K · : at truncation of bust / Britannia seated left on rocks with waves below, shield at side, holding trident and olive branch; to left, warship with six gunports sailing right; SOHO and incuse triple pellets on rocks; date in exergue. Peck 1132; SCBC 3777. UNC, attractive brown patina with coppery undertones.

From the HLT Collection.