Watch List notes:

The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, visit to Ireland 1821, copper medal, by ? J. G. Hancock, laureate bust l., ASCENDED THE BRITISH THRONE JAN 29 1820, rev. Irish harp above rose, shamrock and thistle, IRELAND HAILS WITH JOY THE VISIT OF HER SOVEREIGN, 34mm.; a second, similar but smaller, legend reads JANY 29 1820, 28mm. (BHM.1117; Eimer 1149), both extremely fine, first with much redness, rare (2)
*first ex Keith Whittle Collection, Duke's Auction, Dorchester, 9 March 2017, lot 458; second bt. Simmons Gallery, Mailbid Auction 58, 26 April 2012, lot 152
Brown [BHM] and Eimer list the Irish visit medals after the Hanover medals. The King left London on the 31 July and arrived in Ireland on 11 August, his 59th birthday, landing at Howth. Bad weather had caused a delay and the King heard the news of Queen Caroline's death before crossing the Irish Sea. Rather than dampen his spirits, the news seems to have given him renewed vigour and much of the visit was spent in the company of the 'ample though still handsome Elizabeth, Marchioness of Conyngham'. The King departed from Dun Laoghaire, renamed Kingstown in his honour, on 3 September.
(140-180 GBP)