393, Lot: 357. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Penny (36mm, 28.88 g, 6h). Second issue; ‘Cartwheel’ type. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on shield, holding olive branch and trident; at a distance to left, ship sailing right; date in exergue. Peck 1132; SCBC 3777. Superb EF, attractive warm brown surfaces.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 858193 (November 2009).