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fme_1049514 - ENGLAND - GEORGE III Médaille, William Pitt

ENGLAND - GEORGE III Médaille, William Pitt AU/AU
100.00 €(Approx. 112.00$ | 83.00£)
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Type : Médaille, William Pitt
Date: 1799
Mint name / Town : Royaume-Uni
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 53 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver HANCOCK John Gregory (actif 1783-1815)
Weight : 69,21 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron hétérogène avec la présence de traces d’oxydation, de rayures et de marques de manipulation. Beau brillant de frappe au revers. Quelques rayures sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Eimer.912  - BHM470

Obverse


Obverse legend : WILLIAM PITT - APPOINTED FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY AND CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER DEC: 1783.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de profil à gauche, signé sur le tranché du bras : HANCOCK.

Reverse


Reverse legend : WITH / FORTITUDE / WISDOM / AND INTEGRITY / HE SERVES / A PROSPEROUS / NATION / AND / A VIRTUOUS / KING / - / 1799 / AGED 40 / - / .
Reverse description : Légende en 12 lignes entourée d’une couronne de chêne .

Commentary


William Pitt le Jeune (1759-1806) est le plus jeune Premier ministre de Grande-Bretagne de tous les temps, ayant accédé à ses fonctions à seulement 24 ans en 1783.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) was Britain's youngest ever Prime Minister, having taken office at just 24 years old in 1783.

Historical background


ENGLAND - GEORGE III

(1760-1820)

Georges III (1738-1820) is the grandson of Georges II and the son of Frédéric-Louis (1707-1751), Prince of Wales, and Augusta de Saxe Gotha. He succeeded Georges II in 1760. Suffering from increasingly pronounced attacks of dementia, his son Georges IV had to assume the regency from 1810..

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