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Great Britain - 1800

George III preserved from assassination

Obverse
Obverse:
Similar to No. 482.
482: Cuirassed draped bust of George III bare head left.
Legend:
GEORGIVS III . D : G . MAGN . BRIT . FR . ET . HIB . REX.
Size:
48.2 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
Smoke and flames arising from an alter inscribed:
      D.   O.
         M.
Eye of Providence above.
Legend:
PERSPICIT ET PROTEGIT
Exergue:
A SICARIO SERVATUS / MAI . XV . MDCCC.
(To God Almighty. He sees and protects. Saved from an assassin, May 15, 1800)

BHM:

No. 483
AR, AE, AE gilt 48 by C. H. Kuchler.

AR RRRR; AE N; AE gilt RR.
Fi. 4482 & 83.
AM; BM; BMAG; ML.

This medal was restruck after the death of Küchler. See J. G. Pollard, 'Matthew Boulton and Conrad Heinrich Küchlcr', Numismatic Chronicle, 1970, p. 293, No. 23(i) and pp. 314-16. See also note to No. 482.

British Historical Medals, p. 118


George III preserved from assassination

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George III preserved from assassination

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