COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, William III, Retort upon Louis XIV, Cast Bronze Medal, 1695, by Jan Boskam, laureate and armoured bust right, rev Hercules seated by an obelisk leans on a roundel of a setting sun, the naked figure of Truth stands right holding a Victory, trophies around and legend on pedestal, MONARCH GALLICAM ..., 58.5mm (MI 143/403, a single cast bronze specimen listed; vL IV, 209; Foley -). Good very fine and an extreme rarity.
The medal parodies the French medal of Louis XIV, for the Campaigns of 1694 (MI 102/328; vL IV, 174)
Estimate: £300-400