Description

Victoria, 1837-1901. Silver Medal 1838, 186.50 g. Coronation of Queen Victoria. By G. R. Collis. Bust, wearing bandeau. VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIARUM REGINA F : D: Rv. Victoria, enthroned, upon an island rock, crowned by archbishop and attended by Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia; Neptune and Mercury seated at the base. In exergue: ASCENDED THE THRONE JUNE 20. 1837 . CROWNED JUNE 28. 1838. Plain edge. 73.6 mm. Eimer 1310. BHM 1805. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine. Im Holzetui / In wooden box.

From the auction Baldwin's of St. James's 21, London, September 2018, lot 764.

The coronation of Victoria as Queen of the United Kingdom took place on Thursday, 28 June 1838, just over a year after she succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 18. The ceremony was held in Westminster Abbey after a public procession through the streets from Buckingham Palace, to which the Queen returned later as part of a second procession.