Stock No. 7163	Coronation of Queen Anne - official silver medal
Silver official medal distributed by the Treasurer of the Household at the coronation of Queen Anne on 23 April 1702. Executed by John Croker. Obverse: Bust of Anne looking left, with hair bound in fillet and lovelock on the right shoulder, her gown fastened with brooch in front. Legend: ANNA . D : G : MAG : FR : ET . HIB : REGINA. Reverse: Anne, as Pallas, hurls thunder against a double-headed, four-armed monster who is holding clubs and stones and whose lower limbs terminate in snakes. Legend: VICEM GERIT . ILLA . TONANTIS. (She is the Vice-regent of the Thunderer.) Exergue: INAUGURAT . XXIII . AP . MDCCII. (Crowned, 23 April, 1702.) See "Medallic Illustrations", vol. II, p.228/4. Maker :- John Croker

Condition :-Almost Extremely Fine and nicely toned
Circa :- 1702
Size :- 1.4 inches (35.56 mm) diameter
Anne adopted the same policy as William III in resisting the power of France. It is for this reason that the medal's reverse shows her as Pallas wielding the bolts of Jove. On the day after the death of William III, Anne addressed her Council for the first time and said, "I think it proper upon this occasion of my first speaking to you to declare my own opinion of the importance of carrying on all preparations we are making to oppose the great power of France and I shall lose no time in giving our Allies all assurances that nothing shall be wanting on my part to pursue the true interest of England, together with theirs, for the support of the common cause." John Croker's real name was Johann Crocker. Born in Dresden on 21 October, 1670, he was brought up as a jeweller but practised die-engraving from an early age. He came to England in 1691. In 1697 he was appointed Assistant Engraver to the Mint and Chief Engraver upon the death of Harris in 1705. Croker died on 21 March, 1741. Croker executed four pairs of dies for the above medal, all slightly varying but this is the official coronation medal.

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