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Large Gilt Medal of Charlotte, most probably Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1814

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Large Gilt Medal of Charlotte, most probably Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1814
Large Gilt Medal of Charlotte, Queen or Empress, most probably Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of Britain's King George III, and mother of George IV and William IV, Electress of Hanover until Oct. 1814, then Queen Consort of Hannover, 53 mm, 73.5 grams. Heavily gilt. Obverse: CAROLETTA AUGUSTA Bust, right. Signed: J. Webb on truncheon. Reverse: SPES PUBLICA Romanesque figure of Spas (hope) standing, holding branch and cornucopia. In exergue: IAN VII MDCCCXIV