Medal - Queen Anne - Coronation

€383,170.00
LocationEngland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Year1702
TypeCommemorative medals/Inauguration medal
CompositionSilver (.925)
Weight
Diameter35 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgeSmooth
Period
NoticeObverse: John Croker
Reverse: Sir Isaac Newton
Reference(s) Eimer#390
Obverse descriptionBust of Queen Anne facing left
Obverse letteringANNA • D:G:MAG•BR:FRA:ET•HIB•REGINA
(Translation: Anne by the Grace of God Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland)
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionQueen Anne is depicted as the goddess Pallas Athena, in armour and with a shield, holding aloft a thunderbolt and confronting a reclining monstrous figure with two heads, four arms and legs that end in multiple snake heads, and which threatens the goddess with clubs and stones
Reverse letteringVICEM GERIT•ILLA•TONANTIS INAVGVRAT•XXIII•AP•MDCCII
(Translation: She is Vice Regent of the Thunderer Crowned 23rd April 1702)
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
Mintage1702  - - 1 200
Catalog ID3356604860
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