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20 June 2001
The Act of Grace, 1717, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate bust of George I right, single punctuation stops in legend, rev. Clemency leaning on column, touching serpent with a caduceus, 46mm (Woolf 34:1a; MI 436/36; E 478). About extremely fine, patinated (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £90
Escape of Princess Clementina Sobieski from Innsbrück, 1719, a silver medal by O. Hamerani, bust left, rev. Princess riding towards Rome in a biga, 48mm (Woolf 36:1; MI 444/49; E 484). Some surface marks in fields and edge nicks, usual reverse rim flaws, otherwise about extremely fine (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £350
Birth of Prince Charles, 1720, a copper medal, unsigned [by N. Roettier], conjoined busts of James III and Princess Clementina right, rev. figure of Providence holding the infant Prince, decorated with a ribbon and badge, 44mm (Woolf 38:2; MI 453/61; E 487). A restrike from the usual rusted dies [as they all are], extremely fine, patinated (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £95
Jacobite Appeal Against the House of Hanover, 1721, a silver medal, unsigned [by E. Hamerani], bust of James III right, vnica salvs, rev. London cityscape, Hanoverian horse trampling British lion, watched by weeping figure of Britannia, 50mm (Woolf 40:1; MI 454/63; E 493). Minor surface marks and rim nicks, about very fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £300
Order of the Bath Revived, 1725, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust of George I right, rev. standing figure of Prince William facing, dressed as a Knight of the Bath, 46mm (MI 463/75; E 501). Cleaned at one time, otherwise very fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £180
The Two Princes, 1737, a silver medal, unsigned [perhaps by E. Hamerani], bust of Prince Charles right, wolf and twins on truncation, rev. bust of Prince Henry right, 45mm (Woolf 47:1; MI 493/35). Cleaned at one time, now re-toned, very fine, scarce (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £240
Monument to Princess Clementina Sobieska Erected in Rome, 1742, a bronze medal, unsigned [by O. Hamerani], bust of Pope Benedict XIV right, rev. the monument at St Peter’s, 35mm (Woolf 45:2; MI 570/204; E 570; Lincoln 1812; Bartolotti 743). About extremely fine, patinated (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £45
Carlisle Taken, 1745, a silver medal by J.H. Wolff, bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. Cumberland as a Roman warrior attacking the Hydra, view of Carlisle in background, reads pullsi, 37mm (Woolf 52:1a; MI 604/258; E 597). Slight rubbing on high points, otherwise extremely fine, reverse toned (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £160
The Rebels Retreat to Scotland, 1745, a bronze medal by J. Kirk, bust of George II left, rev. perficit miracula, map of the British Isles, hand brandishing sword at left, 30mm (Woolf 53:3; MI 609/270; E 601). Pierced and a few edge nicks, otherwise very fine, patinated, scarce (£35-50)
Hammer Price: £40
The Rebels Retreat to Scotland, 1745, a silver medal by T. Pingo, armoured bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. lion subduing a wolf, 33mm (Eimer 2; Woolf 53:4; MI 607/265; E 600). Extremely fine; in contemporary shagreen case (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £150
Battle of Culloden, 1746, a silver medal by R. Yeo, armoured bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. Cumberland, as Hercules, clasping the hand of Britannia while trampling Discord, 51mm (Woolf 55:2; MI 613/278; E 604). Minor surface marks and rim nicks on both sides, otherwise good very fine, toned (£80-100)
Battle of Culloden, 1746, a copper medal by R. Yeo, similar, 51mm (Woolf 55:2; MI 613/278; E 604). Minor surface marks and obverse has been lacquered, otherwise about extremely fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £100
Battle of Culloden, 1746, a silver medal by M. Holtzhey, armoured bust of the Duke of Cumberland right, rev. restitvtori qvietis, Cumberland as a Roman soldier being crowned by Victory, two supplicant Scots at feet, view of Inverness behind, 41mm (Woolf 55:6a; MI 614/281). About extremely fine, toned, very rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £370
Battle of Culloden, 1746, a brass medal, unsigned [by Pinchbeck], equestrian portrait of the Duke of Cumberland, rev. rebelion iustly rewarded, battle scene, cannon and horse in foreground, 34mm (Woolf 55:8; MI 612/277; E 605). Very fine (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £60
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1745, a silver medal, unsigned [by C.N. or J.C. Roettier], bust of Prince Charles right, rev. Britannia, French ships in distance, 41mm (Woolf 59:2; MI 600/251; E 595a). Very fine, reverse better (£100-120)
The Oak Society, 1750, a silver medal, unsigned [by C.N. Roettier and T. Pingo], bust of Prince Charles right, rev. revirescit, withered oak in centre, flourishing sapling to left, 34mm (Eimer 5; Woolf 62:1; MI 655/359; E 625). Minor surface marks and a small rim bruise on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, toned (£90-120)
The Oak Society, 1750, a copper medal, unsigned [by C.N. Roettier and T. Pingo], similar, 34mm (Eimer 5; Woolf 62:1; MI 655/359; E 625). About extremely fine, patinated (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £120
Coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761, a silver medal, unsigned, bust of George III left, legend in two lines around, rev. bust of Charlotte left, 34mm (BHM –). About very fine, presumably rare (£20-30)
Death of James III, the Old Pretender, 1766, a plated copper medal by F. Cropanese, bust of Henry, Cardinal of York right in skull cap, rev. standing figure of Religion holding bible and cross, British lion and elevation of St Peter’s Church in background, 53mm (Woolf 67:1; BHM 99; E 715). Test marks on edge, good very fine, scarce as a plated piece (£60-80)
Marriage of Charles III and Princess Louise of Stolberg at Macerata, 1772, a silver medal, unsigned [by F. Hamerani], bust of Charles left, rev. bust of Louise left, 32mm (Woolf 71:1; BHM 163; E 743). Obverse very fine, reverse about very fine, field pitted (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £50
Succession of Henry IX [aka ‘The Grand Medal’], 1788, a silver medal by G. Hamerani, bust right in skull cap, chain of pectoral cross spread wide over shoulder, rev. standing figure of Religion holding bible and cross, St Peter’s Church in background, lion at feet, 53mm, 2mm thick flan (Woolf 73:1c; BHM 282; E 823). Struck from rusty dies, metal flaw on breast of Religion, otherwise about extremely fine and toned (£180-220)
£180–£220
Death of Princess Charlotte, 1817, a gilt-bronze medal by E. Avern, bust right, rev. figures weeping at sarcophagus, 50mm (BHM 936). Gilding beginning to wear off in places, some surface marks, otherwise very fine (£15-25)
Hammer Price: £15
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