ACCESSION OF ANNE, OFFICIAL SILVER MEDAL BY JOHN CROCKER FOR THE ROYAL

ACCESSION OF ANNE, OFFICIAL SILVER MEDAL BY JOHN CROCKER FOR THE ROYAL

Code: 11072

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Accession of Queen Anne official silver medal
Struck 8th March 1702, By John Croker for the Royal Mint.
Obverse:  ANNA • D: G: MAG: BR: FR: ET: HIB: REGINA., Queen Anne’s crowned and draped bust facing left.
Reverse: ENTIRELY ENGLISH, A heart within branches of oak, resting on a pedestal inscribed ATAVIS REGIBVS, and threaded through a crown above.
Edge plain.
35 mm in diameter, 15.71 grams.
Eimer 388; MI ii 277/1.
Deeply toned with a most attractive flashy lustre, much as struck, thus scarce.