Pattern or Trial Sovereign, uniface reverse striking, undated, by Benedetto Pistrucci, St George slaying dragon, as currency type, all within a Royal Garter, ruled in crude uneven horizontal lines, incuse B.P. on ground line, struck from an unfinished die, without collar, edge plain, 7.98g. (Montagu -; Murdoch 190 [this coin]; Nobleman 46; Douglas-Morris 139 [this coin]), extremely fine, only one other specimen known

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Pattern or Trial Sovereign, uniface reverse striking, undated, by Benedetto Pistrucci, St George slaying dragon, as currency type, all within a Royal Garter, ruled in crude uneven horizontal lines, incuse B.P. on ground line, struck from an unfinished die, without collar, edge plain, 7.98g. (Montagu -; Murdoch 190 [this coin]; Nobleman 46; Douglas-Morris 139 [this coin]), extremely fine, only one other specimen known

Provenance

from the engraver's estate
J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 15 March 1904, lot 190
Capt. K J Douglas-Morris, Sotheby, 26 November 1974, lot 139
This piece may also be the Ferrari specimen

Lot Essay