Beschreibung

William IV. 1830-1837. Silver Medal 1830, 175.41 g. Accession of William IV. By W. Wyon, after F. Chantrey. Bust, bare. GUILELMO IIII D : G : BRITANNIAR . REGI F : D: Rv. Within a wreath ADELAIDE REGINA CUDI JUSSIT MDCCCXXX; trident below. Plain edge. 68.7 mm. Eimer 1220. BHM 1414. Fast FDC / About Mint State. In glasierte Medaillons gefasst und mit einem Silberband gebunden / Set in glazed lunettes and bound with a silver band.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, November 1996, lot 5804.

William IV (21 August 1765 - 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover. When George IV died on 26 June 1830 without surviving legitimate issue, William succeeded him as William IV. Aged 64, he was the oldest person at that point to assume the British throne, a distinction he would hold until surpassed by Charles III in 2022.

The glazed silver medals are believed to have been originally given as the personal gift of Queen Adelaide.