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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 976

George I, Entry into London, AR Medal, 1714, by J. Croker, GEORGIVS • D • G • MAG • BRI • FRA • ET • HIB • REX • F • D •, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, rev. LAETITIA PVBLICA, The King, in a carriage before the Royal Exchange, is presented with the City Keys by Londinia, ADVENTVS • REGIS • IN • VRBEM • 20 • SEPT: 1714 • in exergue in four lines, plain edge, 47mm, 38.40g (Eimer 467; MI ii 423/7; van Loon 253; Harding 51), some minor contact marking, darkened deposits in parts to otherwise chocolate brown surfaces, near extremely fine

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals



George proceeded from Greenwich to London in a state coach drawn by eight horses, accompanied by at least 250 other coaches each drawn by six horses. The procession was headed by the Lord Major and all the City Magistrates on horseback.

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