medal
- Museum number
- G3,EM.214
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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Bust of Mary of Modena, right, laureate, hair collected into a knot behind, whence descend two lovelocks, in mantle fastened with brooch on the right shoulder. (obverse)
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The Queen seated, right, upon a mound, wearing loose drapery. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1685
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 34.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Not uncommon.
This was the medal officially distributed amongst the spectators at the coronation. Mary Beatrice Eleanora d'Este, usually called Mary of Modena, was the daughter of Alphonso IV, Duke of that country. She was distinguished for the graces of her person and bearing. There were two sets of dies used for the issue of these medals, the differences of which are too minute to be described. Two dies of the obverse are in the British Museum.
See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xxxvii. 3; 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], III. 303; Evelyn, John, ‘A Discourse of Medals ancient and modern, &c’, London, 1697 (fol.), 152; Lochner, Johann Hieronymus, ‘Samlung merkwürdiger Medaillen’, 8 vol., Nürnberg, 1737-1744, VII. 305.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Coronation of James II and Mary
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,EM.214
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (606) (7)