Description: Official Royal Mint commemorative silver coin on the 60th anniversary of Queen Victorias reign. This was celebrated in 1897, sixty years after she came to the throne. Diameter 25mm, weight approximately 9.65g. Obverse: Veiled Head or Widowed Head portrait of Queen Victoria, facing left by Thomas Brock. This bust shows the elderly Victoria in her final decade, her veil covering most of her diadem. The artists initials - ’T.B.’ appear on the edge. The legend around reads: ‘VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN · MDCCCXCVII ·’. Reverse: adapted young head portrait of Victoria. This portrait shows the Queen around the time of her accession, her hair bound back with two fillets, a plait above her ear. 1837, this was the year that Victoria came to the throne. She would be crowned the following year. Around the bust are the words 'LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS / ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA’. This comes from Proverbs 3:16: ‘The length of days is in her right hand; wealth and honour in her left’
Price: 35 GBP
Location: Paisley
End Time: 2024-11-29T04:40:35.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.41 GBP
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Composition: Silver
Time Period: 19th Century
Period: 19th Century
Region: British
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Weight: 9.65 g Approx
Diameter: 25mm
Country of Origin: England
