SINCONA Auction 96
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SINCONA British Collection - Part 6

(British Gold and Silver Medals)

GROSSBRITANNIEN Königreich

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Starting price 300 CHF
Result 300 CHF

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George I. 1714-1727

George I. 1714-1727. Silver Medal 1714, 46.92 g. Entry into London of George I. By J. Croker. Bust, laureate, armoured and draped. GEORGIVS . D . G . MAG . BRI . FRA . ET . HIB . REX . F . D. Rv. The King, in a carriage before the Royal Exchange, is presented with the City keys by Londinia. LÆTITIA PVBLICA. In exergue: ADVENTVS . REGIS . IN . BRITANNIAM 20 . SEPTEMB : 1714. Plain edge. 47.5 mm. Eimer 467. MI ii 423/7. Brockmann 828. van Loon V; 253. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1714-18. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine.

From the auction Emporium Hamburg, Hamburg, November 1985, lot 1809.

On 20 September, the King proceeded from Greenwich in a state coach drawn by eight horses, and entered London accompanied by not fewer than 250 carriages, each drawn by six horses, and preceded by the Lord Mayor and all the City magistrates on horseback.