The Hercules Crown

CNG 108, Lot: 1212. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Pattern Crown (38mm, 26.35 g). Soho (Birmingham) mint; dies by Jean-Pierre Droz after Monneron's French pattern of 1792 by Dupré. Dated 1820. Hercules seated left on a lion's skin, set on rocky outcropping breaking with club at side, attempting to break a bundle of rods (fasces) over his left knee; behind, column set on base and branch of tree, to right, ships under sail right; in exergue, 1820 above wreath / DECVS ET TVTAMEN, crowned coat-of-arms. L&S 212; ESC 244; Bull 2059. In NGC encapsulation, 4690728-006, graded PF 63 BN.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins. Ex Jess Peters 58 (27 June 1972), lot 279. Lot includes an old Spink stock ticket.