medal
- Museum number
- M.7686
- Description
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Bronze medal. (whole)
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Bust of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, right, hair long, in lace cravat and armour. (obverse)
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Three crowns placed upon a column erected amid military trophies; the Duke of Monmouth falling in his attempt to seize them. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1685
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 41.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Very rare.
Not well executed by some unknown artist who jeers at the Duke of Monmouth for improvidently attempting to seize the crowns which were protected by Providence. When Monmouth landed in Dorsetshire he proclaimed himself king under the title of James II, and he exercised the royal privilege of touching for the king's evil. The specimen in the Royal Collection at Stockholm is stamped with the date 1685, and the base of the column is inscribed M . IVL : the month in which Monmouth was defeated and executed.
See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xxxviii. 6.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Defeat of Monmouth's Rebellion
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- M.7686
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (614) (24)