The Bernard Pearl Collection of Historical Medals | Assassination Plot against William III, WM Medal, 1696, by C. Wermuth, HERODES ATQVE PILATVS., conjoined busts right of Louis XIV and James II, ACTOR. IV. 26. in exergue, rev. IRRITA CONSPIRATIO, within an enclosure, James II and Louis XIV jointly display a purse, inscribed CM PISTO, in a wood beyond are 40 armed conspirators, GENESIS. XLIX. 5. 6. ADVERS'. GVILIELMVM. III ANGLIAE REGEM. 3. MART. 1696., 43mm, 31.16g (Eimer 369; MI ii 151/414), some light contact marks to fields and a touch of rub, otherwise largely lustrous, extremely fine, very rare.
Estimate: £150 - £250