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Auction 101  28 September 2016
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Lot 3608

Estimate: 400 GBP
Price realized: 280 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange, Confirmation as Stadholder, Cast Silver Medal, c.1677, believed by Roelof Hensbergen (1638-1680) and O. Wouter Müller (reverse), armoured bust three-quarters right, lace cravat, long flowing hair, wearing Badge of the Order of the Garter, SYN CONINKLEVKE HOOCH D KEER PRINS VAN ORANIE Ec, rev crowned shield of arm within Garter, 63.5mm (Nomos [2015] 38; cf MI 570/238, differing obverse legend, and signed FN; cf S Scher, The Proud Republic, 21; cf vL III, 151-52, III, obv [rev – Capture of Graz]). Very fine, a secondary cast, the field smoothed, extremely rare.
William III, King of England (1689-1702). Nomos (2015), Walker, A: 50 Masterpieces from the Golden Age. Dutch Medals from the 17th Century, Joint Exhibition by Nomos and John Endlich Antiquairs, TEFAL 2015, number 38 - a gilt example wholly attributed to Müller. The attribution to Roelof Hensbergen is given by Scher (see above), where the portrait is almost identical, but the legend differs, with better examples showing a cypher signature at the start of the legend. The reverse was first used on a medal by Wouter Müller, c.1650, for William's father. The attribution "Confirmation as Stadholder" is taken from Nomos; it could equally have been produced to commemorate William's marriage to Princess Mary on 4 November 1677.

Estimate: £400-600
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