A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
The successes of Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, who was assisted
by the English, revived for a short time the hopes of Frederick of
regaining the throne of Bohemia, from which he had been driven by
Ferdinand II., the Emperor, in 1620. This medal, which is of coarse
work, was executed in Germany. The artist is unknown.
74. Scottish Coronation, 1633. _Obv._ Bust of King l., crowned,
&c. CAROLVS D. G. SCOTIÆ ANGLIÆ, &c. _Rev._ Thistle and
rose-tree combined. HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ; in ex., CORON.
18. IVNII. 1633. B.; on edge, EX AVRO VT IN SCOTIA REPERITVR.
BRIOT FECIT EDINBVRGI 1633. Gold. Size 1·1. Struck. By Nicholas
Briot.
This medalet was struck upon the coronation of Charles at Edinburgh.
The gold of which these medals were made was found in the mines
situated in Niddesdale and Clydesdale. There are specimens in silver of
this medal with the same inscription on the edge.
75. Another. Similar: varied and thin: no inscr. on edge. Gold.
Size 1·1. Struck.
76—77. Return from Scottish Coronation to London, 1633. _Obv._
King on horse prancing l., &c.; above, eye of Providence; on
the ground, plumed helmet, 1633, &c. CAROLVS AVGVSTISS. ET
INVICTISS. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET HIB. MONARCHA. _Rev._ View
of London; above, sun in clouds. SOL ORBEM REDIENS SIC REX
ILLVMINAT VRBEM. E. (Edinburgh). Gold and silver. Size 1·65.
Struck.
Issued upon the return of the King to London after his coronation at
Edinburgh in 1633.
78. Another. _Obv._ Bust of King r., wearing laced collar, &c.
CAR. D. G. MAG. BRITAN. &c. _Rev._ Same. Silver. Size 1·6. Cast
and chased.
79. Dutch Fishery, 1636. _Obv._ Busts of King towards r., and
Queen r., &c. CAR. ET MAR. D. G. MAG. BRIT. &c.; in field,
1636. _Rev._ Justice and Peace seated kissing each other,
scales and olive-branch held by genii on either side. IVSTITIA
ET PAX OSCVLATÆ SVNT. PSAL. 84. Silver. Size 3·05. Cast and
chased. By Heinrich Reitz.
By a treaty between England and Holland it was stipulated that the
Dutch should pay £30,000 for the permission to fish in British waters.
This medal was executed in Germany by Heinrich Reitz the younger, a
medallist of some note, who flourished during the early part of the
seventeenth century, and who worked principally for Christian I. of
Saxony and the Princes of the Houses of Brandenburg and Brunswick.
80. Charles, Prince of Wales, 1638. _Obv._ Bust of King l.,
crowned, &c. CAROLVS I. D. G. ANGL. &c. B. _Rev._ Prince
Charles on horseback r., &c., behind, plumes with motto.
ILLVST. CAROLVS PRINCEPS WALLIÆ: in ex., two C's interlinked.
Silver. Size 1·25. Struck. By Nicholas Briot.
Charles was first styled Prince of Wales in 1638, at which time he also
received the whole profits of the principality and earldom of Chester,
and held his court apart from his father.
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