1718 George I Battle of Cape Passaro silver medal MI 439/42 E481

Obv: George I, laureate, armoured and draped.

Rev: Statue of the King, as Neptune, upon a rostral column amidst captured naval trophies.

By J Croker

Silver

45mm

Cape Passaro is the southerly cape of Sicily. On 31 July 1718 a British fleet under Sir George Byng defeated a Spanish fleet, destroying or capturing seventeen Spanish warships.