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Auction 18025  30-31 Oct 2018
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Lot 455

Starting price: 140 GBP
Price realized: 400 GBP
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George III (1760-1820), Pattern Halfpenny, 1788, a later striking in bronzed copper, by W J Taylor after Jean-Pierre Droz, diamond stops, laureate head right, d. f. on truncation, eagle's head on thunderbolt beneath rev. en médaille, britannia. Britannia seated left on globe, holding spear and laurel wreath, resting on shield, date in exergue, edge plain, 13.90g (BMC [Peck] 1005; S-), cabinet friction to high points across otherwise brilliant surfaces, further toning in recesses, a pleasing extremely fine.
provenance
Spink Numismatic Circular, December 2001, MC1231 - £250
Estimate: £200 - £250
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