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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: 1345

Official Coronation Medals (2) | Coronation of George IV, Official AE Medal, 19 July 1821, by Benedetto Pistrucci for the Royal Mint, GEORGIUS IIII D • G • BRITANNIARUM REX F • D •, laureate head left, rev. PROPRIO JAM ANIMO PATERNO •, George IV enthroned, crowned by Victory, before him stand Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, INAUGURATUS DIE • JULII • XIX ANNO • MDCCCXXI in exergue in three lines, 35mm, 22.87g (Eimer 1146a; BHM 1070), a handful of scuff marks to otherwise brilliant fields, the surfaces a uniform dark chocolate brown, much as struck; Coronation of George II and Queen Caroline, Official AR Medal, 11 October 1727, by John Croker for the Royal Mint, GEORGIVS • II • D • G • MAG • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • laureate and armoured bust left, rev. VOLENTES • PER • POPULOS • the King enthroned is crowned by Britannia, CORON. XI. OCTOB. MDCCXXVII. in exergue in two lines, edge plain, 35mm, 18.35g (Eimer 510; MI ii 479/4), sweated and smoothed surfaces, nevertheless now with a dark blue-grey tone, fair to fine (2)

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Estimate
£160 to £200

Starting price
£110