Medal - Victoria Coronation

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Script: Latin

Lettering:
DA
FACILEM CURSUM
ATQUE
ADNUE COEPTIS
1838

Translation: Give an easy passage, and support our undertakings, 1838

Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci

Comment

The coronation of Queen Victoria took place on 28 June 1838, just over a year after she succeeded to the throne at the age of 18. The procession to and from the ceremony at Westminster Abbey was witnessed by unprecedentedly huge crowds, as the new railways made it easier for an estimated 400,000 to come to London from the rest of the country.