Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 27 13 Jan 2019
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Commemorative Medals, Great Britain, William and Mary, the Golden 'Literary Award', an impressive gold medal, 1691, by Daniel Drappentier, conjoined busts r., he laureate, in armour with mantle, she loosely draped, GVL. & MARIA. D.G. M. BR. FR. & HIB. REX. & REGINA, rev. William, as a Roman Emperor holding standard, seated by Minerva who presents a medal to one of three kneeling poets, a rostral column to l., naval trophies to r., below, LIBERAL: REG IN. ERUDITOS; lettered edge, GLORIA ET FELICITAS NOVI SÆCULI, 46mm., wt. 104.52gms. (MI.19/186; vL.IV, 40), a handsome medal, extremely fine and of extreme rarity
Following William's triumphal return to Holland, a small number of gold medals, accounted in the payment records of the Nassau Demesne Council and by the royal treasurer Willem van Schuylenburch, were struck for presentation to 'those who had written laudatory poems of their Majesties' voyage to England as well as their coronation'. The medal was designed by Romeyn de Hooghe and engraved by Daniel Drappentier. Medallic Illustrations records just three specimens in gold.
For further information see:- Alexander Dencher, The triumphal medals of William III of Orange and the histoire métallique of Louis XIV of France in the wake of the Glorious Revolution, Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde 104, 2017, pp.102-135, fig. 18.
($12800-14000)
Following William's triumphal return to Holland, a small number of gold medals, accounted in the payment records of the Nassau Demesne Council and by the royal treasurer Willem van Schuylenburch, were struck for presentation to 'those who had written laudatory poems of their Majesties' voyage to England as well as their coronation'. The medal was designed by Romeyn de Hooghe and engraved by Daniel Drappentier. Medallic Illustrations records just three specimens in gold.
For further information see:- Alexander Dencher, The triumphal medals of William III of Orange and the histoire métallique of Louis XIV of France in the wake of the Glorious Revolution, Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde 104, 2017, pp.102-135, fig. 18.
($12800-14000)