Beschreibung

George II. 1727-1760. Silver Medal 1727, 18.18 g. Coronation of Caroline. By J. Croker. Bust, wearing a bandeau and draped. CAROLINA . D : G . MAG BR . ER . ET . HIB . REGINA. Rv. The Queen stands between Religion and Britannia. HIC . AMOR HÆC . PATRIA. In exergue: CORON . XI . OCTOB . MDCCXXVII. Plain edge. 34.8 mm. Eimer 512. MI ii 480/8. Brockmann 903. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nicely toned.

From the auction Münz Zentrum Albrecht + Hoffmann GmbH 47, Köln, November 1982, lot 3652.

George II (30 October 1683 - 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760. He and his wife Caroline as king and queen took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 11 October 1727. George Frederic Handel was commissioned to write four new anthems for the coronation.

This is the official coronation medal. The Queen is represented between the chief objects of her affection. She had evinced her firm attachment to the Protestant Religion in refusing the hand of Charles, son of the Emperor Leopold I, when the prospects were fair of his succeeding to the kingdom of Spain and to the Empire.