A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
History
A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
The battle of Almenara was followed by another under the walls of
Saragoza, in which the army of Philip was again defeated, 20 Aug.
1710. On the same day as the battle, Colonel Harrison was despatched
to England with the news of the victory, taking with him the captured
standards.
471. Victories over Louis XIV., 1710. _Obv._ Anne as Delilah
r., cutting off hair of Louis XIV., seated asleep within tent;
in the distance, town bombarded, &c. PHILISTER ÜBER DIR SIMSON;
in ex., POST VARIAS VRBES ET DVAVAM GALLIS EREPTVM (sic). D.
27. IVN. 1710. _Rev._ Louis XIV. as a decrepit and gouty old
man, dancing to Anne playing harp. _Il sait s'accommoder aux
Dames_; in ex., LUDOVIC. MAGN. ANNA ILLO MAIOR. Silver. Size
1·7.
This medal was executed in Holland, and is a satire on the fortunes of
Louis XIV., whose armies had suffered such severe defeats in the Low
Countries and in Spain.
472. Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 1710. _Obv._ Bust three-quarters
r., in canonicals. H. SACH. D.D. _Rev._ Bishop's mitre. IS FIRM
TO THEE. Silver. Size 1·35. Cast.
Dr. Henry Sacheverell, English divine, was impeached in 1710 for two
sermons preached at Derby, in which he advocated the doctrines of
non-resistance and passive obedience, and attacked the Dissenters and
the toleration of the "Genevan discipline," and at the same time the
Ministry. He was suspended for three years.
473. Another. _Obv._ Same. _Rev._ Bust of Pope Innocent XI. r.,
wearing mitre and robes. IS FIRM TO THEE. Silver. Size 1·35.
Cast.
The reverse type refers to a resolution appended to the sentence of
Sacheverell, that the famous decree issued by the University of Oxford
1683, on the occasion of the Rye House Plot, maintaining the doctrine
of passive obedience to the authority of Princes, should be burnt by
the hangman. Innocent XI. was at that time Pope (1676—1689).
474. Peace of Utrecht: Preliminaries discussed, 1712. _Obv._
France, Spain, England, Austria, and Belgia seated at table,
discussing treaty. AUDIT UIDET TACET RIDET. _Rev._ View of
Utrecht; above, radiate name of Jehovah in Hebrew (incorrectly
spelt); beneath, arms of city. BELLI FUGAT NUBES SOLEMQ.
REDUCIT PACIS. (cf. Virg. Aen. i. 147); in ex., CONGRESSUS
PACIFER. INCHOAT. 29. IANUAR. MDCCXII. Silver. Size 2·85. Cast
and chased. Dutch.
The Peace of Utrecht, which put an end to the war of the Spanish
Succession, was not signed till April and July 1713; but conferences
for negotiations of peace were opened at Utrecht as early as January
1712.
475. Peace of Utrecht, 1713. _Obv._ Bust of Queen l., laur.
and draped. ANNA D. G. MAG. BRI. FR. &c.; on arm, I. C. _Rev._
Anne as Britannia, head bare, standing towards l., holding
olive-branch, spear, and shield; in the distance, labourers at
work in fields and merchant-ships on sea. COMPOSITIS VENERANTVR
ARMIS. (Hor. iv. Od. 15, 52.) MDCCXIII. Gold. Size 1·35. By J.
Croker.
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