SCOTLAND. The Young Pretender. 1748. Æ medal. 28.7 gm. 42 mm. By either C.N. or J.C. Roettiers. Bust right of "Bonnie Prince Charlie"; CAROLUS WALLIÆ PRINCEPS around, 1745 below / Britannia with shield and scepter standing on shore watching a fleet approach; AMOR ET SPES above; BRITANNIA in exergue. Eimer 595a. Woolf 59:2. MI II: 600/251. Extremely Fine; red-brown patina with traces of original mint red luster.

"Bonnie Prince Charlie" the Jacobite "Young Pretender" (Prince Charles Edward Stuart, son of de jure King James III of the exiled House of Stuart) led his Scottish Highland supporters in the ill-fated Jacobite rebellion in pursuit of the English throne. The rebellion is marked by a long series of finely produced medals by the English marking the events. (Cf. lots 179-182)