This is what the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia looks like, along with our state flag (with a blue background). We have grown accustomed to it (since 1776), but it may be a novelty for you.
The woman is on top, Amazon-style, the king is defeated, tyrant-style. This signifies liberation from the oppression of monarchical Britain and the birth of a new free republic. In the tyrant’s hands is a chain, symbolically representing the shattered shackles of English colonial trade and Western expansion, and in his right hand is a useless whip, symbolizing the so-called “Intolerable Acts” of the metropolis.
The Latin inscription, “Sic Semper Tyrannis”, translates as “Thus always [happens] to tyrants”. It is attributed to Brutus during the assassination of Julius Caesar.
It somewhat reminds of Saint George the Victorious, except the figure is a lady in revealing attire, and instead of a dragon, there’s a king.
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