Coronation of George I, Official Gold Medal, 20 October 1714, by John Croker for the Royal Mint, GEORGIVS • D : G • MAG : BR : FR : ET • HIB : REX •, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. King enthroned is crowned by Britannia, INAVGVRAT • XX • OCT • MDCCXIII • in exergue in two lines, edge plain, 21.86g, 35mm, 12h (Eimer 470; MI ii 424/9; van Loon V, 255), scuff to cheek and sporadically in fields, some striking softness to higher points, otherwise with a rich honey-red tone overlying peripheral residual lustre, a most handsome and pleasing very fine, rare.
Estimate: £5000 - £8000