George III 1817 Sovereign, MS61, 1st year for modern sovereign a bold very fine and

a bold very fine and only the ninth recorded example of which this is only the third whole coin and the finest in private hands

D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVC

Head of Hermes facing left

Attractively toned with a decent portrait

with some very light surface marks

George III 1817 Sovereign, MS61, 1st year for modern sovereign a bold very fine andGeorge III (1760 1820),gold Sovereign, 1817, first laureate head right, date below, Latin legend commences lower left GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:,rev. St George and dragon right, incuse BP below broken lance at lower left for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, garter motto surrounding, buckle with incuse WWP for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, French motto HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE. edge milled (Bentley 4; Marsh 1;