medal
- Museum number
- 1837,1030.80
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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Bust of William III, left, laureate, hair long, in armour, with straps on the shoulder, and mantle round the breast. Around are six concentric circles, containing the names of twenty-five Kings of England, from Egbert to Stephen, with a characteristic astronomical sign, and the date of the coronation and death opposite to each. (obverse)
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Similar circles contain the names, etc. of Kings and Queens from Henry II to William and Mary. In the centre is a laurel wreath, with a sceptre and palm branch at the intersection, and at the top a crown, the whole inclosing an inscription. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1700
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 70.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 2, published in 1885, states:
Very rare.
The edge of this medal is sometimes inscribed (see registration no. M.7971). Van Loon erroneously places it amongst those commemorative of the King's death; the date shows that it was struck two years previously, and was merely complimentary, as numbering him at the close of a long list of illustrious predecessors, a distinction to which he had no hereditary claim.
See Rapin de Thoyras, Paul, ‘The Metallick History of the Reigns of William III and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, and King George I. [N. Tindal’s edition.], London, 1747, xxii. 5; Van Loon, Gerard, ‘Histoire Métallique des XVII. Provinces des Pays-Bas’, 5 vol. La Haye, 1732-1837 (fol) [There is also an edition in Dutch, but with different paging], IV. 339; Thesaurus Numismatum Modernorum hujus Seculi, &c., Norinbergiæ, 155.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Calendar of English Kings
- Acquisition date
- 1837
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1837,1030.80
- C&M catalogue number
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MB2 (Medallic Illustrations 2) (212) (533)