Medal - George III William Pitt

€407,288.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1814
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal
CompositionBronze
Weight
Diameter52 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeThomas Wyon the Younger
Reference(s) BHM#786
Obverse descriptionBust left
Obverse letteringRT HONBLE. WILLIAM PITT.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionLegend in 16 lines
Reverse letteringBORN MAY 28.1759. WHO, DURING AN EVENTFUL PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS GUIDED THE COUNCILS OF OT BRITAIN WITH UNEXAMPLED WISDOM & FORTITUDE, AND LAID THE PLAN OF THAT SYSTEM OF ACTION, WHICH HAS RAISED HER TONER PRESENT EMMINENCE AND GLORY. WHO THOP THE DISPENSER OF ALJ HER HONOURS, DIGNITIES.& EMOLUMENTS, NEITHER SOUGHT NOR ASSUMED ANY TO HIMSELF, BUT DIED UNDIGNIFIED BY TITIES, & WITHOUT THE ACQUISITION OF THAT WEALTH WHICH IS SO MUCH THE OBJECT OF ALLL HUMAN WISHES, 23 JANUARY 1806.
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverRoyal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)
Mintage1814  - -
Catalog ID5790007470
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