draped bust left with trident style sceptre which penetrates drapery
rose over a radiate sun over ornate cross with lis terminals
good very fine and fetching
facing bust / cross fleury type (c
George III 1817 Sovereign, AU58, 1st year of modern sovereign draped bust left with tridentGeorge III (1760 1820), gold Sovereign, 1817, first laureate head right, date below, legend commences lower left GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, rev. Saint George slaying 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; EGC.