British Medals, George I, Coronation 1714, silver medal, by Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740), bust r., with mantle around, signed with a star below truncation, rev. St. George on horseback, slays the dragon, whilst Victory above, crowns him, FIDEI DEFENSOR ET AEQVI, 44mm. (MI.425/12; Eimer 469; Brockmann 817), struck with usual small copper 'plug', good very fine
*bt Spink & Son, SNC July 1976, no. 5783
Whilst a handsome medal, it is very much intended as an anti-Catholic statement, the Hanoverian St. George finally destroying the Catholic dragon.
(120-160 GBP)