medal
- Museum number
- M.7921
- Description
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Silver medal. Edge: diagonal lines. (whole)
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Saul, upon his throne, throws a javelin at David, who, slipping aside, escapes it, while it sticks into the wall; soldiers alarmed. (obverse)
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A cockade, inscribed; each bow is marked with a crown. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1696
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 26.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 2, published in 1885, states:
Extremely rare.
Saul is James II, attempting to destroy his son-in-law, William III. It is intended here to intimate that James and Louis XIV were privy to the conspiracy against the life of William.
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, xix. 12; 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. 227.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Assassination attempt on William III (1696)
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- M.7921
- C&M catalogue number
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MB2 (Medallic Illustrations 2) (154) (418)