The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George III, the Centenary of the Accession of the House of Brunswick, copper medal, 1814, T. Wyon Jr., after Nathaniel Marchant, laureate head of George III r., legend around, rev. Britannia stands on a rock in the sea, holding a trident and Victory statuette, a lion and shield to either side, EUROPE'S PROTECTING GENIUS, 50mm. (BHM.779; Eimer 1056), extremely fine
Bt. private purchase, August 2004; ex 'Papillon Collection', Bonham's, 25 March 1998, lot 188 (part); previously ex Spink, 1976
Tom Stainton (private notes in annotated BHM), states reverse is from a design by Richard Sainthill.
(100-140 GBP)