CNG 105, Lot: 1228. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Twopence (41mm, 57.03 g, 6h). ‘Cartwheel’ type. Soho mint. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on shield, holding trident and olive branch; behind to left, ship sailing right; incuse date in exergue. Peck 1077; SCBC 3776. AU/UNC, brown surfaces with traces of underlying bronze luster.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.