Dominion of the Seas

CNG 85, Lot: 1592. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. AR Medal (67mm, 102.89 g, 12h). Arrival in England. By J. Crocker. Dated 1714. GEORGIVS · D : G · MAG : BRI · FRA · ET HIB REX · F · D ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; ·I·C· below / RECTOR · MARIVM ·, George (as Neptune) approaching the coast of England in sea carriage pulled by four sea horses, heralded by three merfolk and two cherubs; ADVENTVS · REGIS ·/IN · BRITANNIAM ·/18 · SEPTEMB :/1714 · in four lines in exergue. MI 422/6; Eimer 466. Near EF, toned.

From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.

Considered essential to the British monarchy, the dominion of the seas is depicted on this medal through the portrayal of the newly-anointed king George, an elector of Hanover and the closest protestant relative of Anne, as Neptune and bearing the legend rector marium (lord of the seas).