452, Lot: 903. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Gilt Æ Medal (49mm, 50.71 g, 12h). On His Death. Possibly struck at Soho (Birmingham) mint with obverse by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. Dated 1820. GEORGE III. ASCENDED THE BRITISH THRONE OCT. 25. 1760., cuirassed bust left, wearing Garter Riband; K below / HE HAS RUN/HIS COURSE;/AND/SLEEPS IN/BLESSINGS. in five lines; all within laurel and palm wreath; DIED JAN. 29. 1820. AGED 81 YEARS. in exergue. BHM 992 and note; Eimer –. Dappled toning, traces of deposits in devices, minor hairlines. EF. Rare with gilding.

From the G.W.K. Roberts Collection.