66, Lot: 183. Estimate $150. Sold for $209. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

George III. 1760-1820. Æ Halfpenny (29mm, 9.83 gm). First issue. Dated 1774. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Britannia seated left on globe, holding olive branch and spear, and leaning on ornamental oval shield. Peck 907; SCBC 3774. EF, brown patina. 

From the Paul McIlroy Collection.