George III, 1788 Gilt Pattern Halfpenny:
Obv: Legend, GEORGIUS III. D. G. REX. Undraped bust to right with wreath of 10 leaves with 2 berries, tied behind the neck with a riband. Hair in a mass of fine waves behind the neck and terminating in three large curls, each now appear as half-circles or crescents,below the bust. A curl also on the right shoulder. The truncation of the shoulder bears the letters D.F., but is not striated. All within a toothed border and narrow raised rim.
Rev: Legend, BITANNIA . 1788 . Britannia seated to left on a globe, her left leg drawn back. She wears a long, flowing robe the border of which is embroidered with a pattern of leaves and berries. Her raised right hand grasps a spear. By her left side is an oval shield bearing the combined crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, heraldically coloured. Her left hand, resting on the shield, clasps a wreath. On the ground, near the globe and shield, are two clusters of leaves and flowers, and a letter D. In the exergue is a ship's rudder and a palm-branch crossed. Legend followed by the date, above. All within a toothed border and a narrow raised rim.
Edge: Heavily bruised which reads,/RENDER /TO CESAR / THE THIN/GS WHICH/ ARE / CE/SARS: followed by 2 trefoils and a flower, all raised.
Peck 965. Very Scarce.

Sold April 2012