Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 21 26 Sep 2018
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British Medals, William and Mary, The Crown offered to William, 1689 [1688], pewter medal, struck in Holland by Anton Meybusch, laureate and armoured bust r., rev. figures of the three Kingdoms kneel before William who, in antique armour, offers the cap of Liberty, VENI VICI LIBERTATEM REDDIDI – 1688, 61mm. (MI.657/17, illustrated; Woolf 9:4), slight curvature to flan, extremely fine and very rare
*ex Noël Woolf Collection, Glendining's, 4 November 1992, lot 30
The footnote in Medallic Illustrations records that, when offered the Crown by the Convention, on 23/13 February, 1689 [1688], William rejected the idea of conquest [VICI], his intentions being only to preserve the religion, laws and liberties of the three kingdoms.
(200-250 GBP)
*ex Noël Woolf Collection, Glendining's, 4 November 1992, lot 30
The footnote in Medallic Illustrations records that, when offered the Crown by the Convention, on 23/13 February, 1689 [1688], William rejected the idea of conquest [VICI], his intentions being only to preserve the religion, laws and liberties of the three kingdoms.
(200-250 GBP)