GREAT BRITAIN. Lady Jane Grey. De facto queen for ten days in July 1553. AR medal. 16.72 gm. 34 mm. A fantasy medal by Emery. Her three quarter bust left; IANE D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA MDLIII / A crowned rose, initials I and R on sides; lis i.m. IN TERRIS ANG ET HIB ECCLE CAPV SVPREM. Pagan 87 (BNJ 1971) ("It is of the normal fabric of a nineteenth-century medal"). Good Extremely Fine; old toning; attractive.

Ex CNA 12 (1990) lot 1472A.

Emery was a successful and prolific forger whom The Times, July 19, 1842, labelled as "an impudent and unprincipled forger" whose career was stopped. Unlike many of his fakes, this piece is better viewed as a fantasy than a counterfeit.