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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 217

(g) Germany, Brunswick-Lüneberg-Calenberg, George III (1760-1820), Anglo-Hanoverian Issues, Gold 2½-Thaler, 1814 CHH, * GEORGIUS III D • G • BRITANNIARUM REX F • D • white horse of Hanover leaping left, soft ground beneath, C.H.H. in exergue, rev. * BRUNS • ET LUNEB • DUX S • R • I • A • TH • ET ELECT• * 2½ * THALER * 1814 * in three lines flanked by flowers, edge obliquely milled, 3.30g [51.0grns], 12h (AKS 4; Divo-Schramm 87; Fb. 623; Jaeger 102; Schlum. 352), superficial scratch behind horse's head, otherwise lustrous and lightly toned, extremely fine, rare

Given the rarity of Anglo-Hanoverian gold issues, it is remarkable how affordable they remain in the present market. The popularity of Zoomorphic designs and sheer technical quality of the engravership exhibited here, certainly places these high in the numismatic art stakes

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£600