Pattern or Trial striking of reverse on a Crown-size flan, undated (1817), by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead, St. George slaying dragon right, within garter ruled with horizontal lines, except above QUI, HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE. buckle inscribed with initials W.W.P. (William Wellesley Pole), rev. blank, edge plain (L&S 169), flan a little uneven, extremely fine, extremely rare

Details

Pattern or Trial striking of reverse on a Crown-size flan, undated (1817), by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead, St. George slaying dragon right, within garter ruled with horizontal lines, except above QUI, HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE. buckle inscribed with initials W.W.P. (William Wellesley Pole), rev. blank, edge plain (L&S 169), flan a little uneven, extremely fine, extremely rare

Provenance

Capt. H E G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946, lot 413
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24 October 1950, lot 466