Live auction - fme_646619 - ENGLAND - WILLIAM III Médaille, Couronnement de Guillaume III et Marie II

ENGLAND - WILLIAM III Médaille, Couronnement de Guillaume III et Marie II XF

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	480 €
Maximum bid :	500 €
End of the sale :	09 March 2021 19:33:09
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Médaille, Couronnement de Guillaume III et Marie II

Date: 1689

Metal : silver

Diameter : 40 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Engraver HAUTSCH Georg (1660-1715)

Weight : 31,94 g.

Edge : en relief : (fleur) CORONAT. WEST. MONAST. D XI. APRIL. ANNO MDCLXXXIX.

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire anciennement nettoyé présentant quelques coups et rayures. Marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs

Catalogue references :

Eimer

Obverse

Obverse legend : WILH. III. D. G. ANG. SCO. - FR. ET HIB. REX. DEF. FID..

Obverse description : Buste drapé et lauré à droite. Signé : G. H..

Reverse

Reverse legend : MARIA. D. G. ANG. SCO. - FR. ET. HI. REGINA..

Reverse description : Buste habillé et drapé, coiffé de perles, à gauche.

Commentary

Cette intéressante médaille commémore le couronnement de Guillaume III d'Orange-Nassau, parent d’Henri IV par sa grand-mère Henriette-Marie de France, et Marie II, fille aînée de Jacques II Stuart, roi d’Angleterre (1685-1688). Cet événement eut lieu le 11 avril 1689 par l'évêque de Londres Henry Compton.
Cette médaille aurait également servi de monnaie.
This interesting medal commemorates the coronation of William III of Orange-Nassau, a relative of Henry IV through his grandmother Henrietta Maria of France, and Mary II, eldest daughter of James II Stuart, King of England (1685-1688). This event took place on April 11, 1689, by the Bishop of London, Henry Compton. This medal would also have served as coin