Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2180. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Medal (37mm, 18.05 gm, 6h). Coronation issue. Dated 1761. Johann Lorenz Natter, engraver. GEORGIVS III D G M BRI FRA ET HIB REX F D, laureate and armored bust right; L N on truncation / PATRIAE OVANTI, CORONAT XXII SEPT CICICCCLXI, George enthroned left in Roman garb, being crowned by Britannia, lion with orb behind; L N in exergue. BHM 23; Eimer 694. Good VF, edge bumps, dark toning. ($300)

These medals usually come with edge bumps; according to contemporary sources they were thrown to the crowd during the Coronation service.