Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1448. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Æ Halfpenny (13.02 g, 6h). Soho mint. Third issue, dated 1799. GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; • on truncation / BRITANNIA, Britannia seated left on rock outcropping, shield at side, holding olive branch in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm; SOHO below shield; to left, ship with five gun ports in incuse sailing right on horizon; 1799 in exergue. Peck 1248; SCBC 3778. UNC, even warm brown patina with slight hints of red.
From a North American Collection.