GREAT BRITAIN. 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo Silver Medal, ND (1990). Llantrisant Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-66.Eimer-2166. Restrike issue, after B. Pistrucci. Diameter: 63mm. Obverse: Conjoined laureate and draped busts left of the allied sovereigns: George I (King of Great Britain), Franz II (Emperor of Austria), Alexander I (Czar of Russia), and Wilhelm III (King of Prussia); around, allegorical and mythological allusions to the Treaty of Peace which resulted from the Battle of Waterloo: above, Apollo driving quadriga left, restoring the day; to upper right, the rainbow Zephyr and Iris following to right; to upper left, Gemini indicating the month in which the battle occurred; to right, Hercules seated right upon rock, suppressing the Furies within the Cimmerian caverns below; to left, Themis, the protector of the Just, seated left; to lower left, the Fates spinning the future, indicating that human actions will be governed by Justice alone; below, Night, the mother of the Fates, receding into darkness; Reverse: Two equestrian figures, in classical attire and with the features of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard von Bluecher, being guided to the battle by Victory; around, the Battle of the Giants, being silenced from above by the thunder of Jupiter, driving facing quadriga. <em>Edge</em>: Plain. An exceptionally ambitious design, this alluring restrike features mostly argent surfaces with incredible brilliance and some attractive burnished iridescence.
