Ireland, George III 1805 copper-gilt Halfpenny four small pellets in a

four small pellets in a square on neck

overstruck on a Roman Denarius of the emperor Vitellius

Some uneven toning

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Ireland, George III 1805 copper-gilt Halfpenny four small pellets in aIreland, George III (1760 1820), gilt copper Proof Halfpenny, 1805, laureate and draped bust right, K raised on shoulder of drapery, for engraver C. H. Kuchler, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, GEORGIUS III. D: G. REX., rev. crowned harp, date below, HIBERBNIA above, edge engrailed, weight 8. 79g (DF 599; S. 6621). Scratched with heavy hairlining both sides, with some black deposit, otherwise extremely fine and rare.