CNG 109, Lot: 979. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. CU Penny (34mm, 5h). Second issue, ‘Cartwheel’ type. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on Union shield, holding olive branch in extended right hand and trident in left; at a distance to left, ship sailing right. Peck 1133; SCBC 3777. In NGC encapsulation, 2805883-001, graded MS 63 RB.

Ex Collection of a Classicist (Classical Numismatic Group 103, 14 September 2006), lot 1206.