Description

George I. 1714-1727. Silver Medal 1714, 29.61 g. Coronation of George I. By G. W. Vestner. Bust, laureate, armoured and draped. GEORG LVD . D . G . M . BRIT . FR . ET HIB . REX DVX B X L . S . R . I . ELEC. Rv. Equestrian figure of St. George, slaying the Dragon, while Victory, hovering above, crowns him. FIDEI DEFENSOR ET AEQVI. In exergue: CORONATVS 31 . OCT . MDCCXIIII. Plain edge. 44.1 mm. Eimer 469. MI ii 425/12. Brockmann 817. Bernheimer 66. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nicely toned. Kleine Druckstellen / Small pressure marks.

George was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 20 October. His coronation was accompanied by rioting in over twenty towns in England. It was deemed expedient not to defer the coronation of the King, and the ceremony was performed without more delay than was necessary to complete the preparations.

St. George is the emblem of the King and the Dragon is intended to represent here, as in other instances, Popery and Arbitrary Power, which are overthrown by the establishment of the House of Brunswick on the throne of England