Bidspirit auction | UK 1835 William IV Silver

UK 1835 William IV Silver Three Graces Pattern Crown - A UK silver crown-sized commemorative piece, featuring a polished finish with frosted devices. The obverse depicts the bareheaded portrait of William IV facing right, with the legend GULIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D: struck in relief. The initials W.W. are legibly struck on the truncation of the neck. The reverse features a neoclassical composition of three robed female figures, representing the Three Graces, standing together with a harp, a shield, and a thistle. The Latin legend DECUS ET TUTAMEN is struck around the upper border, with the date 1835 in the exergue. The piece features a beaded border on both the obverse and reverse. The surfaces exhibit high-contrast mirrored fields and matte-finished relief details.