Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XX 29-30 Oct 2020
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Great Britain, Hanover. William Duke of Cumberland (son of George II) AR Medal. Designs by Richard Yeo. Commemorating the Battle of Culloden, 1746. GULLIELMUS • GEOR•II • R • FIL • DUX • CUMBRIÆ, armoured and cloaked bust to right; R • YEO • F in small letters on truncation / Hercules standing facing, turned slightly to right, trampling discord underfoot while raising up Britannia, who is seated to left on shield bearing Union device, cradling sceptre against shoulder; in exergue, PERDVELLIB • EX • ANG • FVGAT AD • CULLOD • DEBELLAT (the rebels driven from England and defeated at Culloden) 16 APR 1746. Eimer 604; Medallic Illustrations 613/278. 51.64g, 50mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; attractive old cabinet tone. Called "the finest of the Culloden medals" in Medallic Illustrations.
From the inventory of a European dealer;
Sold with old auction envelope of uncertain provenance, marked [lot] 871 and annotated "Cahn No. 25(?), 4075...(illegible).
One of a series of English medals commemorating the famous battle of April 16, 1746 in which William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), son of King George II, crushed the Highland supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward, son of de jure King James III of the exiled House of Stuart). Specimens in silver were sold at the time for a guinea each, copper at 1/2 a guinea and gold specimens were sold for two guineas more than the value of the metal.
Extremely Fine; attractive old cabinet tone. Called "the finest of the Culloden medals" in Medallic Illustrations.
From the inventory of a European dealer;
Sold with old auction envelope of uncertain provenance, marked [lot] 871 and annotated "Cahn No. 25(?), 4075...(illegible).
One of a series of English medals commemorating the famous battle of April 16, 1746 in which William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), son of King George II, crushed the Highland supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward, son of de jure King James III of the exiled House of Stuart). Specimens in silver were sold at the time for a guinea each, copper at 1/2 a guinea and gold specimens were sold for two guineas more than the value of the metal.