Pattern Crown, 1817, by Benedetto Pistrucci, laureate bust right, tied with bow and two ends, date below, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM REX F:D: rev. inverted die-axis, St. George slaying dragon within inscribed garter, HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE. garter ruled with horizontal lines, pellet at centre both sides, edge plain (L&S 163; ESC 231; Montagu -; Murdoch 256 [this coin]), cleaned, two edge knocks on reverse, extremely fine, of the highest rarity

Details

Pattern Crown, 1817, by Benedetto Pistrucci, laureate bust right, tied with bow and two ends, date below, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM REX F:D: rev. inverted die-axis, St. George slaying dragon within inscribed garter, HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE. garter ruled with horizontal lines, pellet at centre both sides, edge plain (L&S 163; ESC 231; Montagu -; Murdoch 256 [this coin]), cleaned, two edge knocks on reverse, extremely fine, of the highest rarity

Provenance

From the engraver's estate
J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 15 March 1904, lot 256
Dr T Wakley Jr. Sotheby, 6 December 1909, lot 224
S A H Whetmore, Glendining, 14 July 1961, lot 118
Spink Auction 14, 19 March 1981, lot 188

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