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England, Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots and Francis II, 1558, a mid-19th century gilt-copper medal, unsigned [by J.B. Salmson], busts vis-à-vis, crown above, rev. crowned conjoined arms, 52mm (MI I, 92/5; E 40). Extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
England, William Juxon, Bishop of London, 1637, a silver medal by N. Briot, conjoined arms of the See of London and those of Juxon, mitre above, rev. hand issuing from cloud holding a crozier on which stands a stork with a pebble in one claw, view of London behind, 28mm, 6.88g (MI I, 279/85; BMC [Jones] 169). About very fine and toned, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
England, Dominion of the Sea, 1639, a cast silver-gilt medal by N. Briot, bust right, armoured, wearing a large plain collar, rev. ship in full sail, 60mm, 40.43g (MI I, 285/97; MH 29; E 136). Last two digits of date on truncation indistinct and a small text cut on rim 7 o’clock, otherwise very fine or better £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,600
England, Archbishop Laud Executed, 1644, a silver medal by J. Roettiers [struck c. 1680], bust right, rev. infant genii carrying mitre and crozier to Heaven, 58mm, 82.25g (MI I, 315/147; E 145). Minor hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine, toned £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
England, Sir Thomas Fairfax, c. 1645, a later cast and chased silver badge by J. Stuart, facing bust in armour, rev. arms with branches of palm and laurel, 48 x 40mm, 27.44g (cf. MI I, 319/153; cf. DNW 58, 1324). Extremely fine; wreath border, toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £440
England, John Campbell, Earl of Loudon, 1645, a silver medal by A. Simon, bust left wearing skull-cap, rev. legend and date in five lines, 36mm, 12.95g (MI I, 321/157; E 148; Cochran-Patrick 97/5; Platt II, p. 63). Very fine and very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,400
England, Release of Giles Strangways, 1648, a silver medal by J. Roettiers [struck c. 1670], draped bust right, rev. view of the White Tower, sun piercing clouds above, 60mm, 78.77g (MI I, 333/177; E 153). Extremely fine, rare £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,500
England, Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, armoured and draped bust right, rev. hand issuing from cloud holding celestial crown, 34mm, 15.50g (MI I, 346/200; E 162b). Extremely fine, toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £380
England, Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a copper medal by J. Roettiers, similar, 50mm (MI I, 346/200; E 162a). Rim flaw at 9 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
England, Charles I and Henrietta Maria, an oval cast silver Royalist badge by T. Rawlins, crowned bust of Charles right, rev. draped bust of Henrietta left, 40 x 32mm, 10.38g (cf. MI I, 355/216; E 166b). About very fine but badly scratched on reverse; pierced for suspension £200-£260
Hammer Price: £240
England, Princess Mary and Prince William of Orange, 1654, a cast silver repoussé medal by P. van Abeele, bust of Mary left, rev. bust of the infant Prince three-quarters right in plumed hat, garlanded border filled with oranges, 61mm, 53.19g (MI I, 417/55; E 192; v.L. II, 375). About extremely fine and toned, a delightful double portrait medal £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
England, Charles II, Embarkation at Scheveningen, 1660, a hollow cast silver medal by P. van Abeele, armoured bust almost full-face, hair long, wearing silk cravat and the Garter George from a heavy chain, rev. Fame flying over fleet under sail, 70mm, 78.58g (MI I, 455/44; E 210; v.L. II, 462; MH 42). Usual air-hole in edge, good very fine, toned £1,200-£1,500
England, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a silver medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], Moses watches the Israelites making bricks while being beaten by their Egyptian taskmasters, rev. legend in eight lines within wreath, 31mm, 13.09g (MI I, 462/56; v.L. II, 464; E 217). Good very fine and toned, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £950
England, General Monck, c. 1660, an oval cast and chased silver medal, unsigned, bust left, george d albemarle around, rev. armorial shield surmounted by ducal coronet, wreathed border both sides, 37 x 29mm, 7.96g (cf. MI I, 466/65; cf. E 218). Perhaps vestiges of gilding, about very fine and extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
England, Marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, 1662, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, bust of Charles right, rev. bust of Catherine right, 43mm, 41.81g (MI I, 489/111; E 224). Extremely fine or better, toned £300-£400
England, Marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, 1662, a silver medal, unsigned [by G. Bower], conjoined busts right, rev. Jupiter seated in clouds, greeting Venus and Cupid, 27mm, 7.38g (MI I, 481/92; E 226). Good very fine, old cabinet tone £150-£200
Hammer Price: £420
England, Peace of Breda, 1667, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, laureate bust of Charles II right, legend reads bri, rev. Britannia seated on rocky shore, contemplating her navies, edge carolvs secvndvs pacis et imperii restitutor avgvstvs, 56mm, 73.76g (MI I, 535/186; E 241). Rim nicks and some surface marks, otherwise extremely fine, toned £800-£1,000
England, Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, c. 1667, a silver medal by P. Roettiers, bust of Charles right with short hair, rev. bust of Catherine right, her hair tied back, 28mm, 7.70g (MI I, 540/192; E 243). Extremely fine and lightly toned £150-£200
Hammer Price: £320
England, State of Britain, c. 1667, a silver medal by P. Roettiers, bust of Charles II right with short hair, rev. sleeping lion, 28mm, 8.33g (MI I, 541/193; E 244). Nearly extremely fine, toned £150-£200
Hammer Price: £280
England, British Colonization, 1670, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, conjoined busts of Charles II and Catherine right, rev. globe, 42mm, 36.92g (MI I, 546/203; E 245). A few contact marks, otherwise extremely fine, attractively toned £600-£800
England, Duke of Lauderdale, 1672, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, bust right, armoured and draped in Roman style, rev. Minerva seated holding spear and ducal helm, his armorial bearings within Garter at her side, 63mm, 98.11g (MI I, 550/208; E 248). Die flaws both sides and associated rim flaw on obverse, otherwise about as struck, toned £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
England, Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, a struck silver medal by G. Bower, draped bust right, hands strangling him with his own cravat, rev. Godfrey lying on the ground in the act of being strangled, Pope to left holds a document over the murderer’s head, edge cervice fracta fidem svstvlit atlas xns and date, 39mm, 28.10g (MI I, 577/247; E 257a). About extremely fine, toned £200-£260
England, John Gidley, 1682, a silver medal, unsigned, arms, rev. legend in five lines, 24mm, 8.32g (MI I, 590/269; E –). Nearly extremely fine, toned, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £480
England, Defeat of the Duke of Monmouth at Sedgemoor, 1685, a silver medal, unsigned [perhaps by J. Smeltzing], bust of Monmouth right, rev. Roman soldier attempting to prize open the mouth of a lion, 49mm, 52.44g (MI I, 613/22; E 277). Light surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £2,400
England, EXECUTION OF THE DUKES OF MONMOUTH AND ARGYLL, 1685, a silver medal by R. Arondeaux, bust of James II placed over sceptres on pedestal displaying crowned arms, rev. Justice holding sword and scales, the decapitated bodies of the two Dukes to left and right, their heads on blocks, 60mm, 74.78g (MI I, 615/27; E 281). Minor marks, otherwise extremely fine, toned £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
England, Military and Naval Reward, 1685, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, draped bust of James II right, rev. trophy of arms with naval action behind, 64mm, 97.25g (MI I, 617/29; E 282). Usual die flaw on obverse rim below Roettiers’ monogram, minor marks in fields, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £700-£1,000
Hammer Price: £4,800
England, Spanish Wreck Recovered, 1687, a silver medal by G. Bower, conjoined busts of James II and Mary of Modena right, rev. the salvage operation, a small row-boat to the fore with Sir William Phipps’s ship, the Algier Rose, beyond, 55mm, 65.99g (MI I, 619/33; E 285; Betts 67; MH 71). Minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine £1,000-£1,200
England, State of Britain, 1697, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], laureate and draped bust of William III right, rev. Britannia seated by an olive branch on a book and a broken yoke, 70mm, 103.83g (MI II, 192/499; E 372). About extremely fine, toned £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,000
England, Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust left, rev. rising sun dispersing clouds and demons over a calm sea, 27mm, 7.55g (Woolf 15:1; MI II, 204/519; E 381). A few surface marks, otherwise extremely fine or better, attractively toned £200-£300
England, Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust of Prince James left, rev. cornucopiæ, 27mm, 6.53g (Woolf 15:2; MI II, 204/520; E 382). Good very fine and attractively toned £150-£200
England, Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust of James II right, reads iaco : ii, rev. bust of Prince James left, 27mm, 6.34g (Woolf 15:3; MI II, 202/517; E 380 var.). Good very fine and attractively toned, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £850
England, Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust of James II right, rev. bust of Prince James left, 27mm, 13.50g (Woolf 15:4; MI II, 202/516; E 380). Slightly buckled, otherwise good very fine, toned £200-£300
England, Anne, Accession, 1702, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], crowned bust left, rev. crowned heart on pedestal, 35mm, 15.37g (MI II, 227/1; E 388). Extremely fine and attractively toned £200-£300
England, Anne and Prince George of Denmark, 1702, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust of Anne left, no ear-ring, rev. bust of George left, 42mm, 36.70g (MI II, 233/14; E 392). Extremely fine and practically as struck with brilliant fields, most attractive £150-£200
England, Duke of Marlborough, Cities Captured, 1703, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], bust of Anne left, rev. equestrian figure of Marlborough receiving the keys to the cities of Bonn, Huy and Limbourg, 42mm, 36.56g (MI II, 246/35; E 400). Almost extremely fine, toned £200-£300
Hammer Price: £260
England, Queen Anne’s Bounty, 1704, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. Queen presenting charter to kneeling clergy, 44mm, 34.62g (MI II, 251/43; E 404). Some hairlines, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £200-£300
Hammer Price: £300
England, Legitimacy of Jacobite Succession, 1704, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, laureate bust of James III left, rev. sun dispersing clouds, 28mm, 7.52g (Woolf 19.1; MI II, 270/71; E 412). Very fine, toned £150-£200
England, Death of John Locke, 1704, a copper medal by J. Dassier, bust three-quarters right, rev. Justice and Liberty seated on sarcophagus, 42mm (Eisler 216; MI II, 271/72; E 413). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £140
England, Union of England and Scotland, 1707, a silver medal by J. Croker, crowned bust of Queen Anne left, rev. crowned shield within Garter on plinth, lion and unicorn supporters below, 47mm, 41.36g (MI II, 295/107; E 424a). About extremely fine, toned £300-£400
England, Attempted Invasion of Scotland, 1708, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, laureate bust of Prince James left, rev. map of the British Isles with capitals identified and ships around, 30mm, 18.51g (Woolf 20:1a; MI II, 314/135). Extremely fine £300-£400
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