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Details
LOT 3280
England. Hanover, George III AE Twopence. Dated 1797. Soho (Birmingham) mint. 'Cartwheel' type.
Design by Conrad Heinrich Küchler. GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX., laureate and draped bust to right / BRITANNIA., Britannia seated to left, holding transverse trident in left hand and branch in her raised right hand; shield with Union flag resting on left; sea behind with ship on left; SOHO in small lettering and date below. SCBC 3776. Fine-Good Fine.(52.28gr, 41mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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