COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. BRITISH MEDALS. George II, The New Administration, Silvered-bronze Medal, 1744, the King enthroned, trampling on eagle and triple head with snakes, rev half-length figure of the Earl Gower, PRISTINÆ DIGNITATI RESTITUTUS, 41mm (MI 592/241, illus). Very fine and very rare, the silvered surface contemporary.
John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694-1754), Tory politician. Gower had served as Lord Privy Seal 1742-1743 and was re-appointed to the post in 1744, in the words of the legend "restored to his former dignity".
Estimate: £150-200