Captain James Cook memorial medal, George III period, 1784 by L. Pingo for the Royal Society silver – 322 struck obverse: profile bust of Captain Cook in Naval uniform, inscription Iac.Cook Oceani Investigator Acerrimus (the most intrepid investigator of the seas) around. Under Cook reads Soc. Lond. Socio. Suo (The Royal Society of London, His Society). Reverse: Draped female figure of Fortune leaning on a naval column holding a scepter on her left hand. In her right hand she balances a ship’s rudder on the globe. The British shield leans against the column. Inscription Nil Intentatum Nostri Liqvere (Our Men Have Left Nothing Unattempted) around and Auspiciis Georgii III (Under the auspices of George III) in exergue. Dark grey patina on obverse, reverse presents superbly. Rim particularly well presented. Excellent and fine relief – a superior example d.4.3 cm