Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die, 1818, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead on a Crown size flan, laureate bust facing right, PISTRUCCI below truncation, date below, large lettering, GEORGIUS III D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F:D: toothed border, rev. blank, edge plain (L&S 192), light surface marks, extremely fine, of the highest rarity

Details

Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die, 1818, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead on a Crown size flan, laureate bust facing right, PISTRUCCI below truncation, date below, large lettering, GEORGIUS III D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F:D: toothed border, rev. blank, edge plain (L&S 192), light surface marks, extremely fine, of the highest rarity

Provenance

Baron Philippe de Ferarri La Renotiere, Sotheby, 27 March 1922, lot 80
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24 October 1950, lot 487
Bought Spink and Son, 19 April 1988