453, Lot: 756. Estimate $300. Sold for $315. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Twopence (41mm, 56.77 g, 6h). Second issue, ‘Carthweel’ 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 1077; SCBC 3776. Near EF.
From the Brondesbury Park Collection. Ex Glendining’s (12 February 1969), lot 368 (as proof).