Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612), Death, silver medal, 1612, by Charles Anthony, bust of Prince Henry three-quarters l., in decorated armour and wide lace collar, HENRICVS PRINCEPS, rev. crowned shield of arms, FAX. MENTIS. HONESTÆ. GLORIA, 28.5mm. (MI.200/29; Hill & Pollard [1978], pl. 27, 7; Farquhar I, 214; Foley 150), nearly extremely fine, a handsome and very rare medal
The reverse legend, FAX MENTIS HONESTÆ GLORIA, was used as a motto by Prince Henry and James I was to use it some 7 years later as the motto for the Knights of Nova Scotia. It is a quotation from a long and truly epic poem, Silius Italicus's Punica, Book vi, 332; translates as 'Glory is the flame of an honourable mind'.
Bt. Seaby, c. 1977
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (500-600 GBP)
The reverse legend, FAX MENTIS HONESTÆ GLORIA, was used as a motto by Prince Henry and James I was to use it some 7 years later as the motto for the Knights of Nova Scotia. It is a quotation from a long and truly epic poem, Silius Italicus's Punica, Book vi, 332; translates as 'Glory is the flame of an honourable mind'.
Bt. Seaby, c. 1977
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (500-600 GBP)