Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588), statesman, Dismissal as Governor-General of the United Provinces and Departure from Belgium, cast Bronze Medal, undated (1587), by Anton König (? signed AK in monogram), bearded bust three-quarters right, plume of feathers in cap, ROBERTVS DVDLEIVS COM LEYC BELG GVBR, rev sheep dog, its head turned, in hilly landscape with sheep, + NON GREGEM SED INGRATOS, in exergue INVITVS DESERO, 51mm (MI 141/102; MIM pl,X, 5 reverse; vL I, 375; cf Eimer 54). Good very fine, light colour, scarce.
A restitutional medal, Hawkins (MI 1885) states, "This medal is not of the time, but probably an imitation of the last century. The artist's name is therefore somewhat uncertain". The reverse depicts Leicester as "the dog who unwillingly quits his flock". The exergual legend matches that on the specimen in the Royal Cabinet, and has been corrected from INVITVS DESPRO INVITVS DESERO. Sold with old Dutch collection ticket.
Estimate: £200-300
A restitutional medal, Hawkins (MI 1885) states, "This medal is not of the time, but probably an imitation of the last century. The artist's name is therefore somewhat uncertain". The reverse depicts Leicester as "the dog who unwillingly quits his flock". The exergual legend matches that on the specimen in the Royal Cabinet, and has been corrected from INVITVS DESPRO INVITVS DESERO. Sold with old Dutch collection ticket.
Estimate: £200-300