Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1406. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. AR Crown (30.06 g, 6h). Dated 1723 SS C (South Sea Company). GEORGIVS • D • G • M • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • F • D •, laureate and draped bust right / BRVN ET • L • DVX S • R • I • A : TH ET • EL • 17 23 •, crowned cruciform coat-of-arms around Garter Star; SS and C alternately in angles. DECUS • ET • TUTAMEN • ANNO • REGNI • DECIMO + • on edge . ESC 114; SCBC 3640. VF, even mauve-gray toning, hints of iridescence, a short, shallow scratch in field before nose. A well-struck example, showing only light wear on the high points. Rare.

From a North American Collection.