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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS British Historical Medals 2548 Henry VIII, Coronation 1509, ‘Fantasy’ Silver Medal, early 19th Century, by Edward Emery, crowned and robed facing half-length bust holding sword and orb, crowned Royal Arms and supporters, ANGLICE Z HIBERNICE: ECCLESIE SVPREMVM: CAPVT, 43.5mm (Pagan, Mr Emery’s Mint, BNJ 40, no. 60; Foley -). Extremely fine, rare. £250-350 2549 England / Spain, Mary Tudor (1553-1554), The State of England, 1554, cast Gilt-bronze Medal, by Jacopo da Trezzo, bust of Mary to left, rev Peace seated on throne, 65mm (Attwood 80; MI i 72/20); The Future Philip II of Spain, 1555, cast Gilt-bronze Medal, by Jacopo da Trezzo, bust right, rev Apollo in chariot right, 66mm (Attwood 85). High quality later casts, very fine.(2) £200-300 2550 Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Quits Belgium 1587, cast Bronze Medal, unsigned, bust of Leicester three-quarters facing, in richly decorated tunic, collar and feathered hat, ROBE CO LEIC ET IN BELG GVBER 1587, rev sheep in flat country, to the right a dog leaves them,INVITVS DESERO, NO GRECEM SED INGRATOS, 49mm (Eimer 54; MI i 140-100). A contemporary cast, a little pitting, otherwise good very fine and rare. £1000-1500 ex Seaby Bulletin 709, £700 ex Greta S Heckett Collection, Pittsburgh, Sotheby, 25 May 1977, lot 39, sold for £470 Despite tacitly supporting the Dutch for some time Elizabeth had been reluctant to make her involvement official for fear of offending the Spanish monarchy and risking war. Nevertheless after French and Spanish Catholics joined forces, with the aim of defeating French protestants, Elizabeth accepted the United Provinces’ offer of sovereignty and appointed Leicester as Governor and Captain General of Holland, Zeeland and the United Provinces. He was ultimately unsuccessful in this role. Although a prominent businessman, he misunderstood the delicate balance of trade between Dutch and Spanish merchants and, in aligning himself with Calvinists, he alienated himself from the provinces’ majority moderate Protestants and Catholics alike. At complaints from the states, Elizabeth conferred the command of the armies to Maurice, second son of the late Prince of Orange, during a period while Leicester was absent. On his return he quit the provinces and distributed these medals. 2551 Elizabeth I, The Battle of Nieuport, Copper Jeton, Province of Zeeland, 1600, crowned shield of Zeeland, rev Spaniards flee before the advancing allies,HOS DIES VIDIT FVGIENS IACENTES …, AD NEOPORTV, 30mm (MI 176/174; Dugn 3508; vL I, 535). Very fine. £80-120 2552 Elizabeth I, The Battle of Nieuport, Copper Jeton, Province of Zeeland, 1600, crowned shield of Zeeland, rev military trophies loosely stacked, MAGNÆ RES ARMIS, 29.5mm (MI 176/175; Dugn 3509; vL I, 535). Very fine. £70-90 2553 Charles I, The Return to London 1633, cast Silver Medal, by Nicholas Briot, Charles I on horseback left, holding sceptre, eye of Providence above, plumed helmet on flowery ground, date 1633 below,CAROLVS AVGVSTISS ET INVICTISS MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB MONARCHA (the most august and invincible Charles, monarch of Great Britain, France and Ireland), rev panoramic view of the City of London from the south bank, showing old London Bridge and old St Paul’s Cathedral, 42mm, 14.6g (MI i 266/62; E 124b; C-P 20/4; Platt p.136). Good very fine, pierced at 12 o’clock, loop for suspension. £500-700 The King had celebrated a Scottish Coronation in Edinburgh on 18 June 1633. However his planned regal procession from the Tower of London to Westminster was cancelled due to an outbreak of plague in the city. view more images and bid online for Free at www.baldwin.co.uk/liveauction www.numisbids.com www.sixbid.com 2554 Oliver Cromwell and Tommaso Aniello, Silver Medal, c.1658, cast in two plates, unsigned, perhaps by W Müller, armoured bust of Cromwell between two Roman soldiers who hold a wreath above his head, OLIVAR CROMWEL PROTECTOR V. ENGEL: SCHOTL: YRLAN. 1658 incuse in a cartouche below, rev bust of Aniello crowned by two sailors, MAS’ANIELLO VISSCHER EN CONINCK V. NAPLES 1647 incuse in a cartouche below, 71mm (Eimer 198; MI i 432/78). Minor rim defect and cabinet friction to highest point, otherwise extremely fine with good detail. £3000-3500 ex Spink Numismatic Circular, May 2009, illustrated on the front cover 2555 Charles II (1660-1685), Embarkation at Scheveningen, 2 June 1660, solid cast Brass Medal after the medal by P van Abeele, rev Fame flies over a fleet sailing away from Scheveningen, 67mm (MI i 457/48; Eimer 210; MH 1919, 42), a high quality cast of uncertain age, good very fine; Restoration, 1660, cast Gilt-silver Medal, by T Rawlins, rev three crowns on the branches of an oak tree, sun above, 35mm (E 215; MI i 453/38) poor; Marriage to Catherine of Braganza 1662, Silver Medal, by G Bower, rev MAIESTAS ET AMOR, 22mm (E 226; MI i 481/92), poor; The Peace of Breda 1667, Silver Medal, by John Roettier, rev FAVENTE DEO, 53mm (E 241; MI i 535/185; vL II 544), some marks, fine. (4) £300-400 2556 Charles II, The Commercial Alliance between England, France and the United Provinces, Dutch Copper Jeton, Brussels, 1662, Belgic lion to left with scales and arrows, NON TELIS PRIMIS…, rev hat with seven armorial shields around, SED CONSTANT LIBRA …, 35mm (MI -; Dugn 4185; Pax 246; MI -). Very fine. £80-120 2557 Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, Brass Counter, c.1662, by L G Lauffer, conjoined busts right, rev Royal arms and supporters, 28.5mm (MI 493/118); with other smaller coin-like counters of Charles II, William and Mary (3), William III, George I (7), and George II. First fine, others mostly very fine. (14) £80-120 2558 The Peace of Breda and the Alliance of England and Holland, Dutch Silver Medal, 1667, by Christopher Adolfszoon, two ships, Dutch (to front) and English, alongside each, rev shields of arms below wreath and with floral festoons, 44mm (MI 534/184; vL II, 538 (559, 4); Eimer 242; Pax 267; MH 63; Foley 463-65). Extremely fine. £600-800 ex Schulman Auction, May 1990, lot 757 2559 Henry Somerset (1629-1700), created 1st Duke of Beaufort, 1682, thin Lead Squeeze of the obverse of the medal by John Roettiers, armoured bust right, hair long, without legend, 59mm (MI 589/267). Seemingly contemporary, a slight flan split occurs downwards following his hair, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare. £150-250 Provenance: L. Pingo Collection; S. Bousfield Collection, Sotheby Auction, 28 July 1930 (lot 211, part). MI records a single specimen of the two-sided medal in what is now the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, from which the British Museum has an electrotype copy. 2560 William & Mary (1688-1694), Landing of William of Orange at Torbay, cast Gilt-silver Medal, 1688, by George Bower, armoured and draped bust of William III right, rev William on horseback leads his army, his fleet at anchor beyond,TERRAS ASTRÆA REUISIT, 49mm (MI 639/64; Eimer 297; Foley 523). Good very fine. £150-200 2561 William & Mary, Battle of the Boyne, 1690, Silver Medal, by J Luder, laureate and armoured bust of William right, GVILIELMVS . III . D . G. .MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX, rev William on horseback left with sword drawn, charges down the smaller figures of James II and Lauzun the French commander, Schomberg and Walker lie fallen, APPARUIT ET DISSIPAVIT, with LIBERATA HIBERIA MDCLXXXX in exergue, 57mm (MI i 715/134; Eimer 327; vL IV, 5; Woolf 11:4). Extremely fine, rare. £3500-4000 2562 William & Mary, William’s Throne Established and the War in Ireland Concluded, Silver Medal, 1691, by Jan Luder, figures of the four Kingdoms hold William’s portrait against obelisk with Royal Arms, rev William as Roman Emperor holds sword from which hang four crowns, QUATUOR EX UNO in exergue 46mm (MI 45/230; vL IV, 7). A little bruised and pierced but about very fine and extremely rare. £250-300 2563 Queen Mary, Death 1695, Gilt-bronze Medal, by Jan Luder, bust right, her hair diademed and bound with pearls, rev standing figures of Wisdom, Piety and Constancy, before funeral pyre with phoenix emerging, QVANDO VLLAM INVENIENT PAREM?, 58.5mm (MI 112/345; vL IV, 181). The gilding rich and contemporary though now a little rubbed, has once been mounted, better than very fine and very rare. £200-250 Another gilt example of this medal, in superb condition, was sold by this House, 23 September, 2008 (lot 708). 2564 2565 2564 Anne (1702-1714), Accession to Throne 1702, Silver Medal,
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