CNG 97, Lot: 1048. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. AV Sovereign (22mm, 8.01 g, 6h). London mint. Dated 1871. Head left, wearing bandeau / St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right. Bentley 305; Marsh 55; MCE 532; SCBC 3853B. In NGC Encapsulation graded MS 64.

From the D.F. Alder Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXIII.9 (May 1956), no. 18280.