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DG11163
Coronation of Charlotte, 1761.
Coronation of Charlotte, 1761, silver Medal by L Natter, draped bust right, CHARLOTTA D.G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REGINA., rev. the Queen crowned by Fame, QVAESITVM. MERITVS, in exergue CORON. XXII. SEPT MDCCLXI, 34mm (BHM 66; Eimer 696). Good very fine, rare.
From a mintage of only 400 pieces which were struck from more than one pair of dies. This is the official coronation medal though it was not made at the Royal Mint.
A highly-gifted gem-engraver and die-cutter, Natter counted amongst his patrons Baron Philipp von Stosch, Christian VI of Denmark, Gian Gastone de' Medici, William IV of Orange, as well as George III and Caroline. In London he became a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society.