Obverse:
Bust of King George III in modern dress facing right. Legend around. Bust signed T.W. at the bottom

Lettering:
GEORGE III ASCENDED THE BRITISH THRONE OCT. 25. 1760.

Engraver: Thomas Wyon

Reverse:
the reverse represents an allegory illustrating the biblical passage from Matthew 25:21 ‘Enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord’ from the Parable of the Talents. An image of a classically garbed crowd of onlookers observing an ascent into heaven in a fiery chariot of a figure – identified in the Royal Collection Trust catalogue entry as the prophet Elijah, but which the crown on the passenger’s head surely suggests is the king himself.
Lettering around and at the bottom.

Lettering around:
ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD

DIED JAN. 29. 1820
AGED 81 YEARS

Edge:
Smooth

40mm

Eimer #1122

Good Fine