2018 Gold Proof Sovereign

Maximum coin mintage: 13350

7.98 grams of 22 carat Gold.

St George is on horseback, advancing to right, wearing a helmet and chlamys (cape, or cloak) fastened in front by a fibula, and holding a sword. His left hand clutches the rein of the horse's bridle, and he does not wear armour, other than on his lower legs and feet, with his toes bare. The saint's horse appears to be half attacking, half shrinking from the dragon, which lies wounded by George's spear and in the throes of death. The point of a spear is broken off in the dragon’s side; the shaft lays on the ground behind the horse.

In exergue, the date: 2018.

Below the exergue line at right are the artist's initials B.P. (for Benedetto Pistrucci).

The figure is based on the original design of 1820 with St George's plumed helmet without its streamer.

On the proof coins, a small privy mark in the left field of the exergue has the shape of a crown, within which is embedded the number 65 - to celebrate the Sapphire Jubilee (65 years since the coronation) of Queen Elizabeth II.

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