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
345. Another. _Obv._ Similar; type varied; bust not laur.
GVLIELMVS D. G. ANGLOR. SCOT. FRANC. &c. _Rev._ Similar; type
varied. MARIA D. G. ANGLOR. SCOTOR. FRANCOR. &c. Silver. Size
2·45. Dutch.
346. Fortunes of Rebellion, 1689. _Obv._ Hydra, one head
crowned, trampling on sword and scales. NUMERO NON IURE
VALEBAT; below, ANNO NOVI DOMINI PRIMO. _Rev._ Female figure,
with two heads, standing on globe perforated by serpent: one
side of figure, with boar's head, holds axe and looks towards
the Tower, dated 1684; the other, with human face (William),
holds crown and looks towards Whitehall, dated 1689. ILLE
CRUCEM, HIC DIADEMA TULIT. Silver. Size 1·9. Dutch.
The Hydra represents the promoters of revolution trampling on Justice
and authority. On the reverse are compared the fates of Monmouth and
William: the former executed in 1684; the latter crowned in 1689. A
boar's head langued is the crest of the Argyll family.
347. Toleration Act, 1689. _Obv._ Bust of King r., laur., in
armour and cloak. GVILIELMVS REX ANGL. SCOT. FRANC. ET HYBERN.
PATRIÆ DECVS ANGLIÆ PRÆSIDIVM. P. H. M. _Rev._ Britannia
crowned and trampling on chains, grasping r. hand of William,
and accompanied by Religion with Bible and cross, and Liberty
with scroll, inscribed _Test_, &c.; near William, Belgic lion.
TE SERVATORE NON SERVIMVS; in ex., RESTITUTORI BRITANNIÆ. 1689;
on edge, REGIA, CREDE MIHI, RES EST, SUCCURRERE LAPSIS. (F. K.)
Silver. Size, 1·9. By P. H. Müller.
Executed at Nuremberg to commemorate the passing of the Toleration Act,
24 May, 1689, establishing a complete freedom of worship in England to
all religious sects except the Roman Catholic. (See also No. 343.)
348. Rebellion in Ireland. Relief of Londonderry, &c., 1689.
_Obv._ On pedestal, bust of William r., crowned by Pallas and
Plenty; distant view of Londonderry and ships advancing to
relief of city: pedestal inscribed, WILHELM. MAXIMUS IN BELGICA
LIBERATOR IN BRITANNIA RESTAURATOR. _Lib: Londonderry_ 1689.
_Rev._ On pedestal, bust of Louis XIV., crowned by Gallia
and Germany, who holds burning city: in the distance, towns
besieged: pedestal inscribed, LUDOVIC. MAGNUS IN GERMANIA
BARBARUS IN GALLIA TYRANNUS. _Obs. Mogunt. et bona._ Silver.
Size 1·75. By J. Boskam.
Commemorative of the relief of Londonderry, July 1689, and the loss to
Louis XIV. in the same year of the cities of Mayence and Bonn.
349. Another. Danish Auxiliaries, 1689. _Obv._ Fleet at sea. B.
M. _Rev._ A CHRISTIANO V. MISSVM WILHELMO III. AVXILIVM VII.M.
MILITVM. MDCLXXXIX. B. M. Silver. Size, 1·7. By B. Meier.
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