Queen Charlotte, 1761 coronation, official silver medal by Lorenz Natter:
Obverse: CHARLOTTA.D.G.M.BR.FR.ET.HIB.REGINA. , draped and diademed bust of Charlotte right.
Reverse: QVAESITVM MERITIS , Charlotte stands facing, holding a sceptre, crowned by Fame hovering above, in ex. CORON.XXII.SEPT MDCCLXI .
Composition: Silver. Diameter: 34mm.
BHM 66. Eimer 696.

Charlotte came from a minor German duchy. She met George III for the first time just six hours before they were married at St James?s Palace on 8th September 1761! On 22nd September she was crowned Queen.

Sold June 2018