The ‘Queen’s Virtues’ form part of the Victoria Memorial monument outside Buckingham Palace, which features sculptured allegorical figures that personify:
• Victory
• Truth
• Charity
• Justice
• Courage
• Constancy
The Queen’s Virtues coin series was launched to celebrate the 95th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who holds those six virtues as dearly as her great-great-grandmother did. The first coin in the series featured Victory and this second coin focuses on Truth.
In Brock’s memorial statue, the figure representing Truth is depicted as a glad-winged figure, holding a mirror in her right arm, symbolic of self-truth. The figure stands between a child bearing a palm-branch and a seated woman searching in a scroll for the truth.