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Description
Elizabeth II of the House of Windsor, Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-2022 AD, Gold Proof Sovereign (7.99g, 22mm), 2008, Royal mint Llantrisant. Obverse: Fourth bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing to the right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, engraver’s initials “IRB” (Ian Rank-Broadley) below, legend surrounds, “ELIZABETH· II· DEI· GRA· REGINA· FID: DEF:”. Reverse: Saint George of Lydda, bare except for his plumed helmet and billowing cloak, rears his horse above the defeated Dragon of Silene, ready to finish his foe with his sword, his lance, Ascalon, remains half embedded in its torso and the shaft rests to the left on the exergual ground-line; engraver’s initials ‘B.P.’ (Benedetto Pistrucci) and date in exergue. Marsh-328. Calendar year mintage of 7,735, with an additional 3,137 in Proof Sets. Certified and graded by PCGS as Proof 69 Deep Cameo.
The obverse Latin legend is the Royal Titulature of Queen Elizabeth II, reading unabridged as “Elizabeth secundus, Deī grātiā, Rēgīna, Fideī Dēfēnstrīx”, with an English translation of “Elizabeth the Secund, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith”.
