DORSET TOKENS AND MEDALS. 95 



40. obv : Profile portrait to the right. " Georgius III Dei 



Gratia." (C.I) 



rev. : " Visited Weymouth June. 30 : 1789 " in four lines. 

 In copper; size, '75. Probably by Chas. James. 

 This little medal commemorates the first of those visits by 

 Geo. III. that laid the foundation of the town's success as a 

 watering-place. 



41. obv : " Cerne Society. 1805." Countermarked with a horse's 



head. 

 rev : The same. Countermarked " R.B " and " 83." 



In copper; size, i'ioin. (Plate III., rev. only, before counter- 

 marking. ) 



This Society was established on 6th June, 1785, at the Nag's 

 Head Inn, Cerne Abbas, the initials being those of Richard 

 Barnwell. The first President was John Cockeram, and the 

 members were limited to 401. In 1819, when their rules were 

 taken to Quarter Sessions, Sir John W. Smith and R. A. Cox 

 were acting as treasurers. There is another copper medal or 

 token issued by the " Cerne Union Friendly Society" in 1817. 



42. obv : Profile portrait to the right. " Pitt Rivers." ("David, 



1834.") Bronze: cast; size, 6'3in. 



This medallion, the work of the celebrated French sculptor 

 P. J. David, represents George, fourth Baron Rivers, who 

 commanded the Dorset Yeomanry from 1856, until his death ten 

 years later. 



. I might here mention, in passing, the medal struck by the late 

 General Pitt Rivers, and placed in the chief excavations made by 

 him after 1880. The design is by Sir John Evans. 



43. obv: Profile portrait of Q. Victoria, to the left. "Born 



May 24th, 1819. Ascended the throne aoth 



June, 1837." 

 rev: "Jubilee of her Majesty's reign 1887." "Borough 



of Dorchester, A. Pope, mayor." "In cordibus 



populi imperium." 



The Anns of the Town upon a mounted and draped shield, 

 In silver and copper: size, i-4in. ByJ. Pinches. 



