Coronation of Queen Charlotte [obverse], 1761

Not on View

Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 3.45 cm (1 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 17.66 gr (0.039 lb.)
axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1998.108.12.a

Artists / Makers

Johann Lorenz Natter (medalist) German, 1705 - 1763

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: CHARLOTTA.D[EI].G[RATIAE].M[AGNAE].BR[ITANNIAE].FR[ANCIAE].ET.HIB[ERNIAE].REGINA. (Charlotte, by the grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland); below bust: L[AURENTIUS].N[ATTER.F[ECIT].

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1998 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 928, repro.