1821 SILVER GREAT BRITAIN GEORGE IV CORONATION PISTRUCCI MEDAL NGC UNC* BHM-1070

Description: 1821 SILVER GREAT BRITAIN GEORGE IV CORONATION PISTRUCCI MEDAL CERTIFIED BY NGC UNC* CLEANEDBHM-1070OFFICIAL STERLING SILVER CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE IV BY BENEDETTO PISTRUCCI OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF GEORGE IV LAUREATE IN HIGH RELIEF LEFT. REV: CORONATION SCENE IN THE CLASSICAL STYLE WITH GEORGE IV SEATED ON A CURILE THRONE UPON A DAIS FACING LEFT, DRAPED WITH SCEPTER IN HIS RIGHT HAND; BEHIND GEORGE IV, THE WINGED STANDING FEMALE FIGURE OF PAX (PEACE) HOLDING THE ROYAL CROWN ABOVE WITH BOTH HANDS PREPARING TO PLACE IT UPON THE KING'S HEAD, TROPHIES AND OBJECTS (CADEUCEUS, SPEAR, ETC.) BEHIND PAX TO THE FAR RIGHT; TO THE LEFT STAND THREE FEMALE ALLEGORICAL FIGURES HELMETED AND IN CLASSICAL ATTIRE REPRESENTING BRITANNIA, SCOTIA (SCOTLAND) AND HIBERNIA (IRELAND), BRITANNIA STANDS IN FRONT BEARING A TRIDENT IN HER LEFT HAND AND ALL THREE FIGURES HAVE THEIR RIGHT HANDS OUTSTRETCHED OVER AN ALTAR WITH FLAME (FOREGROUND LEFT) SWEARING THEIR LOYALTY; LATIN LEGEND ABOVE "PROPRIO JAM JURE ANIMO PATERNO (NOW IN HIS OWN RIGHT WITH HIS FATHER'S MIND OR NOW IN HIS OWN RIGHT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE FATHER); IN EXERGUE "INAUGRATUS / DIE JULII XIX / ANNO MCCCXXI (CROWNED/INAUGURATED JULY 19, 1821)". KING GEORGE IV (1762-1830) WAS CONSIDERED CULTURED AND CHARMING AMONGST HIS PEERS, AND WAS CALLED "THE FIRST GENTLEMAN OF ENGLAND", BUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER GEORGE III (1738-1820)TOOK THE USUAL HANOVERIAN MODEL OF BAD RELATIONS AND MUTUAL DISLIKE. HIS OVERINDULGENT AND DISSOLUTE LIFETYLE, HIS SECRET MARRIAGE TO A CATHOLIC WIDOW, HIS EXTRAVAGANCES AND HIS IRRESPONSIBILITY EARNED HIM THE LOATHING OF HIS PEOPLE AND HIS MINISTERS. FROM 1811 TO 1820 HE WAS PRINCE REGENT DURING HIS FATHER'S LONG STRUGGLING ILLNESS AND INCAPACITY, AND THE CULTURE AND STYLE OF THAT TIME IS CALLED "THE REGENCY ERA". IN A TIME OF GREAT TURMOIL, MILITARY CONFLICT AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, GEORGE IV WAS NEITHER A ROLE MODEL NOR A LEADER, AND HIS PROFLIGATE WAYS THREATENED THE EXISTENCE OF THE MONARCHY. ALTHOUGH NOT ADHERENT TO HIS CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE, TO HIS CREDIT HE LEFT THE WAGING OF THE WARS AGAINST NAPOLEON AND THE AFTERMATH OF RESTRUCTURE TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND OTHER CAPABLE POLITICAL AND MILITARY MEN. THIS BEAUTIFUL CORONATION MEDAL IS BY FAMED ITALIAN BORN ENGRAVER/ARTIST AND MEDALLIST BENEDETTO PISTRUCCI (1783-1855). PISTRUCCI TOOK OVER THE DUTIES OF CHIEF-ENGRAVER AT THE ROYAL MINT IN 1817, AFTER THE DEATH OF THOMAS WYON THE YOUNGER. SINCE HE WAS CONSIDERED A FOREIGNER, HE DID NOT OFFICIALLY HOLD THAT POSITION (WHICH WAS FILLED BY WILLIAM WYON IN 1828) BUT WAS INSTEAD GIVEN THE POSITION OF CHIEF-MEDALLIST. PISTRUCCI IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1817 ENGRAVING OF THE FAMOUS SAINT GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON GOLD SOVEREIGN REVERSE, PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE COIN IMAGES IN THE WORLD. THAT IMAGE HAS APPEARED OFTEN ON GOLD SOVEREIGNS, HALF SOVEREIGNS, SILVER CROWNS AND HALF-CROWNS TO THE PRESENT DAY. PISTRUCCI'S INITIALS ARE TO BE FOUND UNDER THE BUST TRUNCATION ON THE OBVERSE OF THIS MEDAL. CONTAINS 16.8 GRAMS OF .925 FINE SILVER (.5 OZ ASW) 35 MM IN DIAMETER USA shipping is per item. 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Price: 825 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

End Time: 2024-08-18T20:45:52.000Z

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