British Medals, George I, Accession 1714, white metal medal, by Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740), laureate bust r., with mantle around, signed with a star below truncation, rev. the star in the midst of the constellation Leo, REGNORVM ALBIONIS NVNC IVRA GEORGIVS INTRAT ANNO MDCCXIV D XII AVGVSTI, 44mm. (MI.421/4, illus.; Eimer 464; Brockmann 810), struck with usual small copper 'plug', mint state and exceedingly rare
*bt. Spink & Son, 1978
Eimer lists the medal in WM from this specimen. The star signature on the obverse is now attributed by some to Philipp Heinrich Müller (1654-1719).
(200-250 GBP)