Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS, Philip II of Spain (1527-1556-1598) and of England (1554-1558), The Opposition to Protestantism and Supression of Sir Thomas Wyatt's Rebellion, struck Silver Medal, 1556, by Gianpaolo Poggini (c.1518-1580), signed on exergual line on reverse, bearded and armoured bust left, wearing Badge of Golden Fleece on ribbon, PHILIPPVS DG HISPANIARVM ET ANGLIÆ REX, rev Bellerophon, astride a Pegasus, spears the Chimaera, HINC VIGILO, dated in exergue, fine beaded border to both sides, 42mm, 32.22g (MI 80/39; Att 1076 (under Spain); Arm I, 238, 2; vL I, 10; Pollard (Bargello) 403; Börner 683; Cuesta -). A superbly handsome medal, well struck, choice extremely fine and an exceptional rarity.
The medal is more likely to represent the king's opposition to Protestantism in general rather than Wyatt's Rebellion. MI lists a silver specimen in the Bavarian Royal Collection (now the Münchner Residenz). Attwood lists a single struck example in bronze and no examples in silver. Hinc Vigilo [Hence I watch] was Philip II's personal motto.
Estimate: £5000-6000
The medal is more likely to represent the king's opposition to Protestantism in general rather than Wyatt's Rebellion. MI lists a silver specimen in the Bavarian Royal Collection (now the Münchner Residenz). Attwood lists a single struck example in bronze and no examples in silver. Hinc Vigilo [Hence I watch] was Philip II's personal motto.
Estimate: £5000-6000