Beschreibung

George I. 1714-1727. Silver Medal 1714, 29.83 g. Accession of George I. By G. W. Vestner. Bust, laureate and draped. GEORG LVD . D . G . M . BRIT . FR . ET HIB . REX DVX B X L . S . R . I . ELEC. Rv. A star in the midst of the constellation Leo. REGNORVM ALBIONIS NVNC IVRA GEORGIVS INTRAT . ANNO MDCCXIV . D . XII . AVGVSTI. Plain edge. 44.2 mm. Eimer 464. MI ii 421/4. Brockmann 812. Bernheimer 65. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Herrliche Patina / Most attractively toned.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, April 1995, lot 2477.

Anne was plagued by poor health throughout her life, and from her thirties she grew increasingly ill and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies, she died without surviving heirs and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded all Catholics, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover.

In the middle of August the sun is in the midst of the constellation Leo. It is intended here to symbolize George I as entering into the kingdom of the British Lion at that season of the year.