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Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust left, wearing intricate lace collar and Order of the Thistle, carolvs d g scotiæ angliæ fr et hib rex, rev. hinc nostræ crevere rosæ, thistle plant, date below, signed b, 29mm, 10.43g (Platt I, p.133, type B; Jones 156; MI I, 266/60; E 123). Better than very fine, toned £500-£700
Hammer Price: £600
Charles I, Return to London, 1633, a cast silver medal by N. Briot, king on horseback left, holding sceptre in right hand, Eye of Providence above, plumed helm on flowery ground below, carolvs avgvstiss invictiss mag brit fran et hib monarcha, rev. sol orbem rediens sic rex illvminat vrbem, sun shines on a panoramic view of the city of London seen from Southwark, with old St Paul’s and, to the right, London Bridge, 42mm, 16.03g (Platt I, p.136, type B; MI I, 266/62; E 124). Very fine ...
Hammer Price: £750
Archbishop Laud Executed, 1644/5, a silver medal by J. Roettier (struck c. 1680), bust right in cap and robes, rev. infant genii ascending to Heaven carrying mitre and crozier, below, a distant view of London, 58mm, 82.38g (MI I, 315/147; E 145). Two insignificant edge bruises at 12 and 6 o’clock, otherwise good very fine or better £600-£800
Charles I and Henrietta Maria, a cast and chased silver Royalist badge, unsigned, bare-headed bust of king right, with falling lace collar, rev. draped bust of queen left, wearing figured bodice and necklace, leaf border both sides, 18 x 14mm, 2.13g (MI I, 358/226). Good fine or better with suspension loop and ring £150-£200
Hammer Price: £500
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a silver medal by N. Roettiers [struck c. 1690], bust right in plain armour, signed nr f below, rev. rex pacificvs victvs vincebat hostes victor trivmphat in coelis in 6 lines across field, 59mm, 86.83g (Platt I, p.260, type A; MI I, 346/199; E 160) Nearly extremely fine, toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £800
Charles I, Memorial, a copper medal by J. & N. Roettier, undated [struck c. 1695], armoured and draped bust right, rev. hand issuing from heaven holding celestial crown, landscape below, 50mm (MI I, 346/200; E 162a). Good very fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £80
Charles I, a uniface cast oval light bronze plaque, unsigned [by J. O’Brisset?], c. 1720, draped and armoured bust right, stippled background, 71 x 51mm (MI –). Nearly very fine £150-£200
Hammer Price: £320
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, carolvs ii d g magnæ brit fra et hib rex, rev. in nomine meo exaltabitvr cornu eius, Fame flying over fleet under sail, with trumpet and banner, beneath a shell inscribed s m is uit hollant van scheveling afgevaren naer sijn conincrijken, ao 1660 juni 2, 70mm, 70.95g (Platt p.357; MI I, 455/44; v....
Hammer Price: £1,100
Marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, 1662, a silver badge, unsigned, crowned bust of Charles left between CR crowned, pace trivmphans, rev. draped bust of Catherine left, crown before, fvtvri spes, 31 x 28mm, 3.83g (Platt II, p.354; MI I, 483/96; E 225). Very fine £200-£300
Hammer Price: £220
Christ’s Hospital, Nautical School, 1673, a uniface silver cloak badge by J. Roettiers, standing figures of Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy encouraging a Bluecoat boy, fleet behind, avspicio carol secvndi regis 1673, 69mm, 40.47g (MI I, 557/218; Grimshaw p.5, no. 1; E 252). Made without the normal wide border, tiny piercing at 12 o’clock, very fine or better, toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £150
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, 66.06g (MI I, 619/33; E 285; Betts 67; MH 71; Roehrs 1646). Good very fine, but some surface marks and rim knocks and dents £600-£800
James II, a uniface cast oval bronze plaque, unsigned [after J. O’Brisset], c. 1720, draped and cuirassed bust right, 74 x 55mm (cf. MI I, 617/30). Good very fine, tooled and lightly scratched in fields £150-£200
Union of England and Scotland, 1707, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust of Anne left, rev. statue of Anne as Pallas, standing with spear and shield, 70mm, 103.53g (MI II, 298/115; E 423). Probably sometime cleaned, good very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £900
Queen Anne, undated, a cast uniface silver plaque, by J. O’Brisset, crowned bust left, ornately draped and cuirassed, signed ob on shoulder, field stippled, 70 x 50mm (Farquhar VII, p.58; cf. MI II, 299/117). Good very fine and very rare £400-£600
Charles I and Queen Anne, a silver badge, unsigned, probably by J. O’Brisset, crowned bust of Charles I right (after T. Rawlins), within engraved legend and wreath, rev. laureate draped bust of Anne left, stippled background both sides, 42 x 35mm, 19.12g (Woolf 28: 6; MI pl. 132/5 and 31/6). Good very fine and very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,300
Appeal Against the House of Hanover, 1721, a bronze medal by E Hamerani, draped bust of James III right, rev. Hanoverian horse trampling lion and unicorn, view of London behind, 49mm (Woolf 40:1; MI II, 454/63; E 493). Extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £400
Conyers Middleton, 1724, a cast and chased bronze medal by G.B. Pozzo, bust right with short curled hair, rev. the interior of the University Library at Cambridge with books on table and bust of Minerva, 82mm (cf. Baldwin Auction 64, lot 579). Good very fine, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £280
Jernegan’s Lottery, 1736, a silver medal by J.S. Tanner, Minerva standing between trophies and emblems of arts and sciences, rev. Queen Caroline watering a grove of palm trees, 39mm, 20.27g (MI II, 517/72; W 1714; E 537). Good very fine £80-£100
Jacobite, c. 1740 (?), a George II (?) Halfpenny, both sides planed flat and engraved (God Bless Prince Charles), rose and thistle below, rev. (And Down with Rump), Tudor rose below, 27mm, 6.75g; together with a uniface silver disc, rose within floral border, 19mm, 0.74g [2]. Fine or better £80-£100
Hammer Price: £460
[Edinburgh] Revolution Club, 1775, an engraved silver medal or pass, unsigned, equestrian figure of William III, william the glorious revolution 1688, rev. unanimity, stability & freedom, revolution club 1775, anchor, clasped hands, pole and Liberty cap, 32mm, 9.32g (D&W –; Woolf –; MI II, –; E –; Brodie –). Of fine workmanship, good very fine with original suspender, apparently excessively rare; seemingly unpublished in the main references and collections £400-£600
Defeat of Sultan Tippoo, 1792, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, uniformed bust of Marquis Cornwallis left, rev. Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo as hostages, 48mm (Pudd. 792; BHM 363; E 845; Pollard 5). Extremely fine £150-£200
Hammer Price: £240
George IV, Accession, 1820, a copper box medal by J.G. Hancock, laureate bust left, rev. chronology of the sovereigns of england within border of Garter ornaments; containing 13 [of 17] card discs of Kings and Queens, 46mm (BHM 1016; E –; cf. DNW 192, 752). Box and contents good very fine, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £100
50th Birthday of Sir Walter Scott, 1821, a bronze medal by T. Webb and B.R. Faulkner for Mudie, bust right, rev. harp, shield and other emblems of Scotland and Scott’s novels around a weathered tree, 41mm (BHM 1165; Brodie –). Extremely fine £80-£100
George IV, Visit to Scotland, 1822, a silver medal, unsigned (by J.G. Hancock?), laureate and draped bust left, rev. star of the Order of St Andrew above wreath of thistles and roses, 44mm, 42.51g (BHM 1192). Nearly extremely fine, rare £200-£300
Duke of Clarence Appointed Lord High Admiral, 1827, a copper medal by J. Henning, bare head right, rev. Britannia walking right on waves, holding trident and shield, ships in background, 65mm (BHM 1296; E 1192). Nearly extremely fine £200-£260
William IV, Accession, 1830, a copper medal, unsigned, bust left, rev. Neptune reclining left, 43mm (BHM 1425; E –); Coronation, 1831, by W. Wyon, bare head right, rev. diademed head of Queen Adelaide right, 33mm (BHM 1475; E 1251) [2]. About extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Edinburgh Skating Club, 1830, a silver award medal by J. Mackay, figure of Mercury octor euro, rev. named (W.D. Gillon 29th December 1830), hallmarked Edinburgh, no date letter, 41mm, 21.70g (cf. DNW 41/497). Integral bar for suspension, good very fine, rare £120-£150
William IV, Coronation, 1831, a silver medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. bust of Queen Adelaide right, 33mm, 18.25g (BHM 1475; E 1251). Good very fine £150-£200
William IV, Coronation, 1831, medals (2), both by T.W. Ingram, in gilt bronze, 55mm, in white metal, 42mm (BHM 1483, 1485) [2]. Extremely fine or nearly so, the first probably with modern gilding £60-£80
Hammer Price: £120
Edinburgh Royal High School, 1831, Macdonald Prize, a silver award medal by W. Marshall, arms with supporters, rev. arms, named (Johanni Young, 1831), 52mm, 53.43g, hallmarked Edinburgh, 1830 (Grimshaw 6/9). Set in a silver gilt surround with ornate suspension loop and ring, very fine, rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £130
Highland Society of Scotland, 1831, an oval silver award medal by J. McKay, named (Given by the Highland Society of Scotland to James Ross, 1831), rev. plough right and furrows, hallmarked, Edinburgh, 1830, 59 x 40mm, 15.50g. About very fine, very rare £150-£200
John Forsyth, 1832, an engraved silver memorial medal, unsigned (In Memory of John Forsyth), rev. (My Father, who Died 11th March 1832), 44 mm, 25.18g, hallmarked J. Mackay Edinburgh 1827. With suspension loop and ring, very fine and presumably extremely rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £55
Victoria, Visit to the Guildhall, 1837, a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Corporation of London, diademed bust left, rev. façade of the Guildhall, 55mm (W & E 72; BHM 1775; E 1304). Good very fine £150-£200
Hunterian Medical Society Edinburgh, 1838, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned (Sesssion 1838-9, Palmam Qui Meruit Fiat), rev. (Awarded to Samuel Brown Esqr for an Experimental Essay on the Chrystallization [sic] of Infusible and Insoluble Carburets which was adjudged the Best Paper read before the Society), hallmarked Edinburgh, no date letter, 57mm, 46.10g. With integral suspension loop and ring, good very fine; in shaped, fitted case as issued, very rare £150-£200
Eglinton Tournament, 1839, a silver prize medal, unsigned (by W. Wyon), two knights on horseback jousting, in exergue, september 1839, rev. unnamed, 36mm, 23.88g (BHM 1891; CP p.174, pl. 36, fig. 1; cf. DNW 41/260). With loop and suspension bar, nearly extremely fine, extremely rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £160
Inverness Royal Academy, 1840, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned (To the Royal Academy of Inverness, from L. Mackintosh Esqr of Raigmore, in Testimony of his Zealous wish for its Prosperity), rev. named (To the Most Deserving, Adjudged by the Visitors, to A. Paterson, for Proficiency in Mathematics, 1840), unhallmarked, 63mm, 43.95g (cf. Grimshaw 35/94). Good very fine; in ornate frame with loop for suspension £150-£200
Hammer Price: £95
Foundation of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843, a hollow silver medallic badge, tablets and burning bush, surrounded by dates 1560, 1592, 1638, 1688, 1843 and names chalmers, dunlop and candlish all within thistle wreath, rev. legend in 25 lines detailing the cause, dated 18 May 1843 and stamped 100, 52mm, 34.00g. Brooch-mounted on reverse (pin missing), good very fine, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £200
Erection of a Statue of William IV, 1845, a copper medal by Allen & Moore, full-length standing figure of King on plinth, rev. inscription within wreath, 62mm (BHM 2219). About extremely fine and very rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £75
The Athole Gathering, 1849, a silver engraved award medal, unsigned, rev. named (For the Hammer, to duncan mcdonald, blair athole), unhallmarked, 46mm, 23.05g. ring on integral scroll mount, nearly extremely fine, rare £100-£120
Masonic (?), c. 1850, a uniface silver openwork badge by W. Drummond [?], crowned thistle over saltire, motto on ribbon below, rev. stamped wd, 51 x 48mm, 14.85g. With chain and loop for suspension, good very fine and of fine workmanship £80-£100
Hammer Price: £50
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