British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official gold medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 28mm., wt. 8.23gms. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P, pL 27, 9; Woll.iii; Cook 13; Foley 221), some light marks in fields, good very fine and very rare in gold The service took place at St. Giles, Edinburgh, accompanied by an Anglican service, this intended as a warning to the Presbyterians of the future Charles imagined for Scotland. Much of the finery, gold, silver and jewellery that accompanied the king was lost when the ship carrying it, the Blessing of Burntisland, capsized and sank in the Firth of Forth. Wollaston illustrates this variety, reading REX, but describes the legend ending … R.
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British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 30mm. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P, pl. 27, 9; Woll iii; Cook 13), extremely fine, light mottled tone *bt. Spink & Son, 1976 See note to previous lot.
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse, struck on a thick flan, crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 30.5mm. [flan 2.21mm.], wt. 16.15gms. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P., pL 27, 9; Woll iii; Cook 13), good very fine, light tone, rare *bt. Christopher Eimer
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse struck on a thick flan, crowned and draped bust l., wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 28.5mm. [flan 2.21mm.], wt. 14.24gms. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P. pL 27, 9; Woll iii; Cook 13), good very fine, light tone, rare *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendinings, 16 March 1989, lot 47 See note to lot 518.
British Medals, Charles I, the Scottish Coronation 1633, the official silver medal, by Nicolas Briot, signed B on reverse crowned and draped bust l., (un-frosted crown), wearing ornate lace collar, CAROLVS DG SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ FR ET HIB REX, rev. a Scottish thistle in flower, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 30mm. (MI.266/60; Eimer 123; BMC [Jones] 155; Platt p.133, type B; H&P., pL 27, 9; Woll.iii; Cook 13), good very fine, scarcer variety *bt. Spink & Son, 1976 See note to lot 518.
British Medals, Charles II, Scottish Coronation at Scone Palace, 1651, cast gold medal, believed designed by Sir James Balfour, crowned bust r., wearing Coronation robes and Collar of the Garter, CAROLVS 2 DG SCO ANG FRA & HI REX FI DE cor i ia scon 1651, rev. the rampant Lion of Scotland holding thistle, NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSET, 31.5mm., wt. 10.90gms. (MI.394/18; Eimer 183; Woll.iv; Platt II, pp.351-52), very fine and extremely rare *ex Dr Robert and Joshua Feldman Collection, Baldwin Auction 98, 3 May 2016, lot 2317; previously bt. A. H. Baldwin, July 1997 Charles had attempted to obtain the English throne by being first acclaimed as King of Scotland. Having accepted the ‘Deed of Covenant’, drawn up by the Protestants, he and future monarchs were prevented from intervention in matters of religion and Catholicism was rejected. Charles was crowned King of Scotland on 1st January 1651 but by September he had fled from the Battle of Worcester and into exile. There have been no further coronations in Scotland since then. The antiquarian and royalist Sir James Balfour of Denmylne (c.1600 – c.1658), 1st Baronet of Perth and Kinross, was well placed to have designed the medal.
British Medals, Charles II, Scottish Coronation at Scone Palace, 1651, cast silver medal, believed designed by Sir James Balfour, crowned bust r., wearing Coronation robes and Collar of the Garter, CAROLVS 2 DG SCO ANG FRA & HI REX FI DE cor i ia scon 1651, rev. the rampant Lion of Scotland holding thistle, NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSET, 31.5mm. (MI.394/18; Eimer 183; Woll.iv; Platt II, pp. 351-52), very fine and extremely rare *bt. Glendining’s, 30 March 1983, lot 218 See footnote to previous lot.
British Medals, Charles II, Scottish Coronation at Scone Palace, 1651, gilt electrotype display copy of the medal believed designed by Sir James Balfour, crowned bust r., wearing Coronation robes and Collar of the Garter, rev. the rampant Lion of Scotland holding thistle, 31.5mm. (MI.394/18; Eimer 183; Woll.iv; Platt II, pp.351-52), museum quality, very fine *bt. Spink Auction 21, 1 April 1982, lot 288, part See footnote to lot 523.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the official gold medal, by Thomas Simon, crowned bust r., wearing ornate lace cravat and wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. the King enthroned, crowned by Peace, EVERSO MISSVS SVCCVRRERE SECLO XXIII APR 1661, 30mm., wt. 13.51gms. (MI.472/76; Eimer 221; vL.II, 470; Woll.v; H&P. pl. 30, 6; vL.II, 470; Platt II, p.358; Farquhar I, 229), choice extremely fine, retaining much mint bloom and having only the lightest of handling marks, very rare *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1978. The medal, when silver, was struck for distribution at the Ceremony on Tuesday, 23rd April, 1661, as noted by Samuel Pepys: ‘And three times the King at Arms went to the three open places on the scaffold, and proclaimed, that if anyone could show any reason why Charles Stewart should not be King of England, that now he should come and speak. And a Generall Pardon also was read by the Lord Chancellor, and meddalls flung up and down by my Lord Cornwallis, of silver, but I could not come by any.’ MI. notes that Simon was paid £110 for making the medal and continues that it ‘has never been surpassed fore minuteness and delicacy of work’. St. George’s Day is celebrated on 23 April.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the official silver medal, by Thomas Simon, crowned bust r., wearing ornate lace cravat and wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. the King enthroned, crowned by Peace, EVERSO MISSVS SVCCVRRERE SECLO XXIII APR 1661, 30mm. (MI.472/76; Eimer 221; vL.II, 470; Woll.v; H&P. pl. 30, 6; vL.II, 470; Platt II, p.358; Farquhar I, 229), choice extremely fine with blue-grey tone and retaining much mint bloom See footnote to previous lot.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the official silver medal, by Thomas Simon, crowned bust r., wearing ornate lace cravat and wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. the King enthroned, crowned by Peace, EVERSO MISSVS SVCCVRRERE SECLO XXIII APR 1661, 30mm. (MI.472/76; Eimer 221; vL.II, 470; Woll.v; H&P. pl. 30, 6; vL.II, 470; Platt II, p.358; Farquhar I, 229), choice extremely fine with much brightness and bloom See footnote to lot 526.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the ‘DIXI CUSTODIAM’ medal, silver, by Thomas Rawlins, crowned bust l., long hair over lace collar, wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRI FRA ET HI REX, rev. Charles as a shepherd, his flock behind to left and right and at feet, DIXI CVSTODIAM – XXIII APRIL 1661; lettered edge, CORONATO PASTORE OVAT OVILE, 33.5mm. (MI.473/78; Eimer 220; Evelyn p.129, LVII), a beautiful medal, choice extremely fine with rich grey tone, very rare *ex Superior Galleries, December 1987, lot 2356 ex Papillon Collection, Bonhams Auction, 25 March 1998, lot 50 The authorship of the ‘DIXI CUSTODIAM’ is still uncertain, and whilst attributed to Thomas Rawlins in most recent publications, Luke Syson, ‘Designs on Posterity: Drawings for Medals’, FIDEM 1992, British Art Medal Trust, 1994: p.230, 4e, clearly attributes it back to Thomas Simon.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the ‘DIXI CUSTODIAM’ medal, silver, by Thomas Rawlins, with unpublished error edge, crowned bust l., long hair over lace collar, wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRI FRA ET HI REX, rev. Charles as a shepherd, his flock behind to left and right and at feet, DIXI CVSTODIAM – XXIII APRIL 1661; lettered edge, CORONAT PASTORE OVAT OVILE, 33.5mm. (MI.473/78, variety – error edge not listed in MI.; Eimer 220), good very fine, light tone and very rare with the unpublished error *bt. A. H. Baldwin, c. 1975 or earlier
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the ‘DIXI CUSTODIAM’ medal, silver, by Thomas Rawlins, a second variety, crowned bust l., long hair over lace collar, wearing Garter Collar without George, signed R below, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRI FRA ET HI REX, rev. Charles as a shepherd, his flock behind to left and right and at feet, DIXI CVSTODIAM – XXIII APRIL 1661; lettered edge, CORONATO PASTORE OVAT OVILE, 33.5mm. (MI.474/79; Eimer 220), very fine and a very rare variety *bt. Spink and Son, March 1978 MI notes the medal having die flaws as an explanation of its rarity, however this specimen shows no sign of them. The sheep on the reverse are fewer and more spaced than on the medal in the previous lot.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the ‘DIXI CUSTODIAM’ medal, copper, by Thomas Rawlins, a variety of the silver medal, crowned bust l., long hair over lace collar, wearing Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRI FRA ET HI REX CORo, rev. Charles as a shepherd, his flock behind to left and right and at feet, DIXI CVSTODIAM – XXIII APRIL 1661, 33mm. (MI.474/79; Eimer 220 var.), on ‘normal’ thin flan, nearly very fine *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendinings, 16 March 1989, lot 178 MI. notes this variety in copper and copper-gilt only.
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the ‘IAM FLORESCIT’ medal, cast in gilt-silver, by Thomas Simon, laureate bust l., wearing robes and lace cravat, with Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX ET DE, rev. the Royal Oak flourishes, crowns of the three kingdoms in its branches, sun in majesty above, IAM FLO-RESCIT, date in ex., 23 APR 1661, 43.5mm. (MI.475/83; Eimer 219, this specimen illustrated; Vertue XXVII; Farquhar 251), cast in high relief, neatly chased, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendinings, 16 March 1989, lot 679 Records indicate that the medal was intended to be a Royal award or presentation (two cooks and a musician known to have received it in gold). Another suggestion was that it was to be the Badge for the Knights of the Royal Oak, an Order that, in the end, was never established, this view shared by Luke Syson, ‘Designs on Posterity: Drawings for Medals’, FIDEM 1992, British Art Medal Trust, 1994: p.230, 4f. The slight scuffing to the edge suggests it might have been set into a border with a loop for wearing. Marvin Lessen, The Commonwealth Naval Medals for 1653, BNJ 1997, makes a reference to ‘The enigmatic gold IAM FLORESCIT medal of the early 1660s to cooks and musicians.’
British Medals, Charles II, Coronation 1661, the ‘IAM FLORESCIT’ medal, cast silver, by Thomas Simon, laureate bust l., wearing robes and lace cravat, with Garter Collar and George, CAROLVS II DG MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX ET DE, rev. the Royal Oak flourishes, crowns of the three kingdoms in its branches, sun in majesty above, IAM FLO-RESCIT, date in ex., 23 APR 1661, 43.5mm. (MI.475/83; Eimer 219; Vertue XXVII; Farquhar 251), small loop and ring for suspension, cast in high relief, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare *bt. Spink & Son, c. 1980s See footnote to previous lot. MI. records the silver specimen in the British Museum as ‘not chased’ – as is this example.
British Medals, Charles II, marriage to Catherine of Braganza, 1662, copper medal, by George Bower, laureate bust of Charles r., hair long, in classical armour, CAROLVS II DG. MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX, rev. bust of Catherine r., hair tied back, lovelock on right shoulder, wearing low cut dress, pearl earring and single strand pearl necklace, CATHARINA DG MAG BR FRA ET HIB REG, 61mm. (MI.491/115), a contemporary cast of excellent quality taken from a struck silver medal, nearly extremely fine and very rare *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1981 MI states ‘This is perhaps the best executed of all the medals by George Bower’.
British Medals, James II, Accession 1685, silver miniature medal, by Christian Wermuth, bewigged bust, almost full-face, IACOBVS II DG ANG REX, rev. burning lamp on altar, TVEBITVR OMNES, 18mm. (MI.604/5, illus.; Eimer 272; Wohlfahrt -), good very fine with deep, dark tone, extremely rare *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendinings, 16 March 1989, lot 264 Wohlfahrt lists only a single medal for 1685 and no earlier medals.
British Medals, James II, Coronation 1685, the official silver medal, by John Roettier, laureate, armoured and draped bust r., IACOBVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. wreath on cushion, celestial hand holding crown above, A MILITARY AD REGIAM, in ex., INAVGVRAT 23. AP. 1685, 33.5mm. (MI.605/5; Eimer 273; Woll.vi), 800 specimens struck, choice mint state with light tone *ex Archbishop Sharp Collection, Glendining’s, 5 October, 1977, lot 312 This medal has a most remarkable provenance, being from the Archbishop Sharp Collection. Dr. John Sharp (1645-1714) was initially close to King James and drew up an address of congratulation on his accession for the grand jury of London. A year later on 20 April 1686 he was appointed chaplain in ordinary to the king. However, two sermons he preached at St Giles-in-the-Fields were held to reflect on the king and Sharp was advised to ‘forbear the pulpit’ and suspended. He was reinstated in January 1687. Without doubt Sharp attended the Coronation and the medal remained in his family until the 1977 Glendining sale. Dr John Sharp, who was Archbishop from 1691 until his death in 1714, told friends that he had begun collecting coins and medals when he was rector of St. Giles, as ‘a good divertisment in the evening’.
British Medals, James II, Coronation 1685, the official silver medal, by John Roettier, laureate, armoured and draped bust r., IACOBVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. wreath on cushion, celestial hand holding crown above, A MILITARY AD REGIAM, in ex., INAVGVRAT 23. AP. 1685, 34mm. (MI.605/5; Eimer 273; Woll.vi), 800 specimens struck, choice mint state with blue-grey tone and much mint bloom
British Medals, Mary of Modena, Coronation 1685, the official gold medal, by John Roettier, laureate and draped bust r., MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, rev. the Queen, seated on a mound, O DEA CERTE, 34mm., wt. 18.09gms. (MI.606/7; Eimer 274; Woll.vii), only 100 specimens struck, extremely fine with some mint bloom and the rarest of the small gold Coronation medals *bt. Christopher Eimer, December, 2007
British Medals, Mary of Modena, Coronation 1685, the official silver medal, by John Roettier, laureate and draped bust r., MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, rev. the Queen, seated on a mound, O DEA CERTE, 34.5mm. (MI.606/7; Eimer 274; Woll.vii), only 400 specimens struck, choice mint state with light tone and bloom *ex Archbishop Sharp Collection, Glendining’s, 5 October 1977, lot 313 The companion medal to that of King James (lot 541), with the same remarkable provenance. See footnote to lot 541.
British Medals, James II and Mary of Modena, Coronation 1685, silver medal from the obverses of the official medals of both the King and Queen, by John Roettier, his laureate, armoured and draped bust r., IACOBVS II DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX, rev. her laureate and draped bust r., MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, 35mm. (MI.606/8; Eimer 273/4, note; Woll.vi/vii), in circular fitted black snakeskin case, on slightly thicker (2.21mm.) and heavier (16.00gms.) flan, struck with some surplus metal covering parts of the toothed borders, extremely fine and very rare *bt. A. H. Baldwin, 1986
British Medals, James II and Mary of Modena, Coronation 1685, small silver complimentary medal, by George Bower, bust of each to either side, he laureate, she with hair tied back and plaited, IACOBVS II DG MAG BRI FRAN ET HIB REX / MARIA DG MAG BRI FRN ET HIB REGINA, 28.5mm. (MI.608/12), the smallest jeweller’s graffiti below bust of James, nearly extremely fine and rare Bower has reversed the Ns in the reverse legend.
British Medals, James II and Mary of Modena, Coronation 1685, small silver complimentary medal, probably Dutch but in the style of George Bower, bust of each to either side, he laureate, she with hair tied back and plaited, IACOBVS II DG MAG BRI FRAN ET HIB REX / MARIA DG MAG BRI FRAN ET HIB REGI, 28mm. (MI.608/13; vL.III, 303), extremely fine and extremely rare *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendinings, 16 March 1989, lot 270
British Medals, James II, Accession and the Throne Protected, 1685, silver medal, by George Bower, laureate bust of the King r., hair long falling over mantle, IACOBVS II DG MAG BRI FRAN ET HI REX, rev. an angel protects the Crown which is placed on a chair of State, TUTAMEN AB ALTO, 43.5mm. (MI.611/18; Eimer -), a magnificent portrait medal, choice mint state and very rare *ex Spink Auction 8, 27 February 1980, lot 467 [Hugh Jessop] The reverse alludes to the supposed success that was expected to follow during James’s reign.
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British Medals, William and Mary, The Crown offered to William, 1689 [1688], pewter medal, struck in Holland by Anton Meybusch, laureate and armoured bust r., rev. figures of the three Kingdoms kneel before William who, in antique armour, offers the cap of Liberty, VENI VICI LIBERTATEM REDDIDI – 1688, 61mm. (MI.657/17, illustrated; Woolf 9:4), slight curvature to flan, extremely fine and very rare *ex Noël Woolf Collection, Glendining’s, 4 November 1992, lot 30 The footnote in Medallic Illustrations records that, when offered the Crown by the Convention, on 23/13 February, 1689 [1688], William rejected the idea of conquest [VICI], his intentions being only to preserve the religion, laws and liberties of the three kingdoms.
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, silver medal, by Georg Hautsch and (rev.) Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, laureate and draped bust of William r., WILH III DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX PR AVR, rev. bust of Mary l., with pearl necklace, MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, lettered edge, CORONAT D X1 APRIL ANNO MDCLXXXIX, 41mm. (MI.666/35; Erlanger 1617), extremely fine, toned and very rare
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, gilt-copper medal, by Georg Hautsch and (rev.) Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, laureate and draped bust of William r., WILH III DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX PR AVR, rev. bust of Mary l., with pearl necklace, MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, plain edge, 40.5mm. (MI.666/35), extremely fine and very rare *bt. Spink & Son, 1976
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, silver medal, by Georg Hautsch and (rev.) Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, laureate and draped bust of William r., WILH III DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX PR AVR, rev. bust of Mary l., with pearl necklace, MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, lettered edge, REX EST CONQVESTOR REDDITQVE MARIA SALVTEM, 41mm. (MI.667/36), very fine, light toned and, with this edge, extremely rare *ex Sotheby’s, 9 March, 1989, lot 130, part
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, silvered white metal medal, by Georg Hautsch and (rev.) Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, laureate and draped bust of William r., WILH III DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REX PR AVR, rev. bust of Mary l., with pearl necklace, MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, lettered edge, REX EST CONQVESTOR REDDITQVE MARIA SALVTEM, 40.5mm. (MI.667/36, not recorded in this metal), almost extremely fine toned and extremely rare *bt. Spink & Son, 1976
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, silver medal, by Georg Hautsch, laureate and draped bust of William r., WILH III DG ANG SCO FR ET HIB REX DEF FID, rev. bust of Mary l., with pearl necklace, MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, lettered edge, CORONAT WEST.MONAST D XI APRIL ANNO MDCLXXXIX, 40.5mm. (MI.667/37), choice and virtually mint state, rich steel-grey tone and bloom, extremely rare *ex Timothy Millet, List 1, 2001, no 259, bt. 14 May 2001
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, silver medal, by Georg Hautsch, laureate and draped bust of William r., WILH III DG ANG SCO FR ET HIB REX DEF FID, rev. bust of Mary l., with pearl necklace, MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, plain edge, 40.5mm. (MI.667/37), almost extremely fine, very rare *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1976 MI.: ‘The edge is sometimes plain’.
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, copper medal, by Georg Hautsch, laureate and draped bust of William r., WILH III DG ANG SCO FR ET HIB REX DEF FID, rev. bust of Mary l., with pearl necklace, MARIA DG ANG SCO FR ET HI REGINA, lettered edge, CORONAT WEST.MONAST D XI APRIL ANNO MDCLXXXIX, 40.5mm. (MI.667/37), extremely fine and very rare *bt. Christopher Eimer, 1985 MI. lists the medal in silver only.
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, copper medal, by Jan Smeltzing, armoured bust of William III r., WILHEL III DG MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB REX, rev. the King in Coronation robes kneels atop the globe, looking to the eye of Providence, DEO JUDICE, 58mm. (MI.670/41; cf. vL.III, 386), as struck, but from lightly rust-marked dies, extremely fine and extremely rare *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1986 MI does not record the medal in copper, however a few examples have been noted (cf. ‘English Collector’, Glendining’s, 16 March 1989, lot 319. MI. records that the obverse is of a type first used in 1693, so suggesting that the medal was struck in or post that year. This in no way diminishes the medal’s extreme rarity.
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, silver medal, by Jan Smeltzing, bust of William (alone) r., GULIELM III DG BRITANN R RELIG LIBERTATISQ RESTITUT, rev. Royal arms suspended from orange tree, fleeing figures left and right, James II removing the crown and dropping the sceptre, and Father Petre, carrying a pyx, ITE MISSA EST, in ex. in 4 lines, INAUGURATIS MAIESTATIBUS EIECTO PAPATU EXPULSA TYRANNIDE BRITANNIA FELIX 1689, 48.5mm. (MI.671/43; Woolf 10:3a; cf. vL.III, 386), a magnificent medal, mint state with steel-grey tone, extremely rare *bt. Spink & Son, c. 1985 Father Petre - Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet (1631–1699), English Jesuit and a close adviser and privy councillor to James II.
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, copper medal, by Philipp Heinrich Müller, laureate bust r., with long, flowing hair, GVILIELMVS REX ANGL SCOT FRANC ET HYBERN – PATRIÆ DECVS ANGLIÆ PRÆSIDIVM, rev. shields of the kingdoms on Garter, chronogrammatic legend within, GVILIELM PRINCEPS AVRIACVS ANGLIÆ SCOTIÆ FRANCIÆ ET HIBERNIÆ REX CORONATVR d. 21 Apr., lettered edge, by Friedrich Kleinert, REGIA, CREDE MIHI, RES EST, SUCCURRERE LAPSIS {FK}, 49.5mm. (MI.675/50, unlisted in copper; vL.III, 392), choice mint state with much original redness and bloom *bt. Christie’s, 15 July 1980, lot 167 See footnote to previous lot. The medal in copper with this lettered edge is unpublished in MI., however another was in the Montagu Collection, Sotheby’s, 24-28 May, lot 423, ‘unpublished’.
British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation Festivities at Rotterdam, 1689, silver medal, struck in Dordrecht, by Mattheus Sonnemaens, Master of the Mint, palm tree before harbour-front and cityscape, rev. bust of William atop triumphal arch, statue of Erasmus and crowds around, 32mm. (MI.678/55; vL.III, 391; Dugn.4558), virtually mint state though reverse a little off-centre, grey tone and traces of bloom *bt. B. A. Seaby, 1980 Examples were distributed to all the guests at a celebration banquet held in the city on 11 April.
British Medals, William & Mary, Complimentary Medal, c. 1689, believed struck at the time of the Coronation, silver medal, by Jakob van Dishoeke, armoured bust of William r., hair long, GULI III DG M BRIT FRAN ET HIB REX F D P A, rev. draped bust of Mary l., lovelock on left shoulder, MARIA DG M BRIT FRAN ET HIB REG F D P A, 49mm. (MI.686/70; vL.III, 395), extremely fine and lightly toned, extremely rare *ex English Collector, Glendining’s, 16 March 1989, lot 322 The reverse was to be re-used on a medal for the death of Queen Mary.
British Medals, Anne, Accession 1702, silver medal, by John Croker, crowned bust l., rev. crowned heart on pedestal inscribed, ATAVIS REGIBVS, oak and olive spray to either side, ENTIRELY ENGLISH, 36mm. (MI.227/1; Eimer 388; vL.IV, 345), extremely fine and toned *ex Christie’s, 8 October 1974, lot 220, part bt. Spink & Son, 1974 On March 11th 1702, Queen Anne delivered her first formal speech to Parliament, ‘As I know my own heart to be entirely English, I can very sincerely assure you that there is not anything you can expect or desire from me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness and prosperity of England.’
British Medals, Anne, Accession 1702, copper medal, by John Croker, crowned bust l., rev. crowned heart on pedestal inscribed, ATAVIS REGIBVS, oak and olive spray to either side, ENTIRELY ENGLISH, 35.5mm. (MI.227/1; Eimer 388; vL.IV, 345), extremely fine *ex Christie’s, 8 October 1974, lot 220, part bt. Spink & Son, 1974 See footnote to previous lot
British Medals, Anne, Coronation 1702, the official gold medal, by John Croker, crowned bust l., reads FR:, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a double-headed monster, 34.5mm., wt. 18.64gms. (MI.228/4; Eimer 390; Woll.ix; vL.IV, 347), reverse variety with rays below Pallas’s raised arm, 858 specimens struck, good extremely fine with even light tone, very rare *ex Duke of Northumberland Collection, Sotheby’s, 17 June 1981, lot 449 This medal has an impressive provenance, being from the collections of the Dukes of Northumberland. The first Duke, Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, KG, PC (1665-1716) was the illegitimate son of Charles II and Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland. In 1701 he had been appointed Constable of Windsor Castle and would have attended the Coronation. During the reign of Queen Anne he received a number of appointments including Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and the wonderful-sounding Chief Butler of England, a position currently held by the 18th Duke of Northumberland. He lived at Frogmore House, Windsor. Of the 858 gold medals struck, 518 were presented to Members of Parliament.
British Medals, Anne, Coronation 1702, the official silver medal, by John Croker, crowned bust l., reads FR:, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a double-headed monster, 35mm. (MI.228/4; Eimer 390; Woll.ix; vL.IV, 347), 1200 specimens struck, extremely fine with even light tone *ex Archbishop Sharp Collection, Glendining’s, 5 October 1977, lot 330 This medal, as lot 541, has a most remarkable provenance, being from the Archbishop Sharp Collection. Dr. John Sharp (1645-1714), as Bishop of York, delivered a short and impressive discourse at the Coronation of Queen Anne on 23 April 1702 and undoubtably either received the medal at the event or for his services at it. He was appointed the Queen’s Almoner and was sworn of the Privy Council. He was also appointed a commissioner for the Scottish union though he took no part in the proceedings. Of Anne, Sharp’s biographer writes that ‘in church matters he was her principal guide, in matters of state her confidant’. Sharp had his last interview with Queen Anne on 10 May 1713. The medal remained with his family until the 1977 Glendining sale. Dr John Sharp, who was Archbishop from 1691 until his death in 1714, told friends that he had begun collecting coins and medals when he was rector of St Giles, as ‘a good divertisment in the evening’.
British Medals, Anne, Coronation 1702, the official silver medal, by John Croker, crowned bust l., reads FR:, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a double-headed monster, 35mm. (MI.228/4; Eimer 390; Woll.ix; vL.IV, 347), included in the total of 1200 specimens, small carbon spot in centre of reverse, but choice extremely fine with even light tone Slight die variations to previous lot.
British Medals, Anne, Coronation 1702, the official medal in gilt-copper, by John Croker, crowned bust l., reads FR:, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a double-headed monster, 35mm. (MI.228/4; Eimer 390; Woll.ix; vL.IV, 347), choice extremely fine and very rare *bt. Sotheby’s, date unknown; collector’s envelope states ‘Sotheby sale’ without date or lot number.
British Medals, Anne, Coronation 1702, the official medal in copper, by John Croker, crowned bust l., variety reads FRA:, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a double-headed monster, 35mm. (MI.228/4; Eimer 390; Woll.ix; vL.IV, 347), choice mint state and rare *ex Maj. R. M. O. de la Hay, Christie’s, 27 May 1981, lot 81
British Medals, Anne, Coronation 1702, silver medal, by Christian Wermuth, copying the Accession medal by John Croker, crowned bust l., rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a double-headed monster, 32mm. (MI.229/5; Wohlfahrt 02.026), choice mint state, a superb medal of extreme rarity *bt. Mrs. I. Allen, October 1977 MI. records the medal from an electrotype copy of a single silver specimen in the Ducal Library Collection at Gotha (now part of the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt). The base of the obverse die shows signs of swelling and fracture, a factor in explaining the medal’s rarity.
British Medals, Anne, Coronation 1702, white metal medal, by Christian Wermuth, copying the Accession medal by John Croker, crowned bust l., rev. crowned heart, legend within surrounding oak and olive spray, ENTIRELY ENGLISH, and around, ATAVIS REGIBVS, in ex. INAVGVRAT 23 APR 1702, 32mm. (MI.227/2; Wohlfahrt 02.027, recorded only in silver), nearly extremely fine but a few porosity spots, unrecorded in white metal, extremely rare *bt. Spink & Son, c. 1977
British Medals, George I, Proclaimed King of England, 1714, silver medal, by Martin Brunner, laureate and armoured bust r., GEORG LVDOVICVS DG M BRIT REX D B ET L EL, in ex. PROCL XII AVG 1714, rev. Apollo, radiate, seated on rock, charms a lion and leopard with his lyre, FIDIVM DVLCEDINE MITES, 36mm. (MI.419/1, illus., pewter only; Woolf 29:1; Montagu 671), good extremely fine and exceedingly rare *ex Noël Woolf Collection, Glendining’s, 4 November 1992, lot 92
British Medals, George I, Proclaimed King of England, 1714, large and heavy silver medal, by Ehrenreich Hannibal (1678-1741), draped and armoured bust r., signed below, GEORGIVS DG MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX, rev. the King in Electoral cap and robes, accompanied by Liberty and Religion, is greeted by a kneeling Britannia, PRINC OPT RELIGIONIS ET LIBERTATIS CVSTOD, in ex. PVBLICA AVCTORITATE PROCLAMATO 1/12 AVG ANNO MDCCXIIII, 67mm. (MI.420/2; Eimer 463; vL.V, 251; Mont.672; Murd.501; Knyp.2800; Knigge 2851), nearly extremely fine and very rare *believed ex V. G. Whitby Collection, Glendining’s, 3 May 1951, lot 179, realised £4-5-0. ex Christie’s, 28 April 1987, lot 271 The reverse shows George I as the protector of the Protestant religion and of constitutional liberties. See also the following lot for an exceedingly rare variety. The Montagu specimen sold with an unrecorded example in copper for £6-15-0.
British Medals, George I, Proclaimed King of England, 1714, large and heavy silver medal, by Ehrenreich Hannibal (1678-1741), an exceedingly rare variety of the medal in the previous lot, draped and armoured bust r., signed below, mantle with plain border and fastened with a rosette brooch, GEORGIVS DG MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX, rev. the King in Electoral cap and robes, accompanied by Liberty and Religion, is greeted by a kneeling Britannia, legend on band, PRINC OPT RELIGIONIS ET LIBERTATIS CVSTOD, in ex. PVBLICA AVCTORITATE PROCLAMATO 1/12 AVG ANNO MDCCXIIII, 67mm. (MI.420/3; Eimer 463 var.; Mont.-; Murd.-), extremely fine and exceedingly rare *believed ex V. G. Whitby Collection, Glendining’s, 3 May 1951, lot 180, realised 5 Gns. ex Spink Auction 8, 27 February 1980, lot 524 [Hugh Jessop] This variety is exceedingly rare and not recorded in MI. in this metal (the British Museum specimen described as ‘only known in gold’). MI. explains the medal’s rarity by suggesting that the dies broke. The reverse shows George I as the protector of the Protestant religion and of constitutional liberties. See previous lot.
British Medals, George I, Accession 1714, silver medal, by Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740), laureate bust r., with mantle around, signed with a star below truncation, rev. the star in the midst of the constellation Leo, REGNORVM ALBIONIS NVNC IVRA GEORGIVS INTRAT ANNO MDCCXIV D XII AVGVSTI, 44mm. (MI.421/4, illus.; Eimer 464; Brockmann 810), good extremely fine, the reverse choice, very rare *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendining’s, 16 March 1989, lot 465 The star signature on the obverse is now attributed by some to Philipp Heinrich Müller (1654-1719).
British Medals, George I, Accession 1714, white metal medal, by Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740), laureate bust r., with mantle around, signed with a star below truncation, rev. the star in the midst of the constellation Leo, REGNORVM ALBIONIS NVNC IVRA GEORGIVS INTRAT ANNO MDCCXIV D XII AVGVSTI, 44mm. (MI.421/4, illus.; Eimer 464; Brockmann 810), struck with usual small copper ‘plug’, mint state and exceedingly rare *bt. Spink & Son, 1978 Eimer lists the medal in WM from this specimen. The star signature on the obverse is now attributed by some to Philipp Heinrich Müller (1654-1719).
British Medals, George I, Accession 1714, silver medal, by Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740), similar to the previous two lots but from a different obverse die of slightly better workmanship and higher relief, legend divided at BRIT – FR, laureate bust r., with mantle around, signed without star below truncation, rev. the star in the midst of the constellation Leo, REGNORVM ALBIONIS NVNC IVRA GEORGIVS INTRAT ANNO MDCCXIV D XII AVGVSTI, 44mm. (MI.421/4 var.; Eimer 464 var., this piece illustrated; cf. Brockmann 810), good extremely fine, the reverse choice, very rare *ex Sotheby’s, 10 March 1989, lot 193 This variety not listed in MI., but selected by Eimer for illustration (plate 55)
British Medals, George I, Accession 1714, silver medal, by Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740), laureate bust r., with mantle around, signed with a star below truncation, rev. the Hanoverian horse leaps from Germany to the British Isles, dated in chronogram, ACCEDENS DIGNVS DIVISOS ORBE BRITANNOS, 44mm. (MI.422/5; Eimer 465; Brockmann 814), extremely fine and scarce *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendining’s, 16 March 1989, lot 466, part The star signature on the obverse now attributed by some to Philipp Heinrich Müller (1654-1719).
British Medals, George I, Accession 1714, white metal medal, by Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740), laureate bust r., with mantle around, signed with a star below truncation, rev. the Hanoverian horse leaps from Germany to the British Isles, dated in chronogram, ACCEDENS DIGNVS DIVISOS ORBE BRITANNOS, 44mm. (MI.422/5; Eimer 465; Brockmann 814), struck with usual small copper ‘plug’, extremely fine and scarce *ex ‘English Collector’, Glendining’s, 16 March 1989, lot 466, part The star signature on the obverse now attributed by some to Philipp Heinrich Müller (1654-1719).
British Medals, George I, Arrival in England, 1714, large copper medal, by John Croker, laureate and armoured bust r., GEORGIVS DG MAG BRI FRA ET HIB REX FD, rev. George, as Neptune, approaches the coast in a chariot drawn by sea-horses, Tritons and Nereids, RECTOR MARIVM, in ex. ADVENTVS REGIS IN BRITANNIAM 18 SEPTEMB 1715, 67.5mm. (MI.422/6; Eimer 466), a die flaw in very early state runs across reverse from 10 to 4 o’clock, good extremely fine with traces of bloom *ex Baldwin Auction 47-49, 25 September, 2006, lot 1277 The King landed at Greenwich on the 18th September, proceeding to London on the 20th.
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