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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 731

NGC AU58 | Prince James (III), Peace Negotiations at Gertruydenberg, AR Medal, 1710, by N. Roettier, CVIVS •:• :•: EST :•:, laureate, draped and armoured bust right, rev. REDDITE on banner, map of Great Britain and Ireland, marked BRIT, SCOT and HIB, ships around the coast, 38mm, 18.14g (Eimer 449A; MI ii, 312/133; van Loon 98), light wispy hairlines to obverse field, with a vibrant blue cabinet tone to lustrous fields, a charming topographical design, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8222378-009)

Provenance

The Craven Collection of British Historical Medals



'This medal was struck for distribution among the partisans of the exiled family in 1708, when the intrigues of Harley had sown dissensions in the Cabinet, and the unpopularity of the Union had created discontent in Scotland, of which France hoped to avail herself in an invasion, which she at this time contemplated. The legends may be amplified thus: 'Whose images is this? The king's. Render then to the King these islands which are his." It was one of these medals which in 1711 the Duchess of Gordon presented to the faculty of Advocated in Edinburgh, and which was gratefully acknowledged in a speech by Dundas of Arniston, who was deputed for the purpose. The act was subsequently disavowed by the Advocated, and an apology accepted; but, on the remonstrance of the Court of Hanover, Sir David Dalrymple was dismissed from the office of Lord Advocate for not prosecuting with more vigour the enquiry he was commanded to make into this display of Jacobitism. In 1714 several of these medals were distributed amongst the Jacobites who had assembled at Lochmaben under the plea of attending the races.' (MI ii, p.313)



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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£280