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Medal George I
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1727 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of George I facing right, with long flowing curled hair, in high relief against a plain field. The circumferential Latin legend reads around the periphery, with the engraver's initials I.D. visible at the base of the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | Britannia seated left, veiled and draped, resting beside a recumbent lion, holding aloft a large medallion bearing the laureate portrait of George II with his legend; a laurel branch tops the medallion. In the background, a fleet of sailing ships appears on both sides. The date 1727 and engraver's initials I.D. appear in the exergue. The Latin legend arcs across the upper field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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