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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1115

Prince James, 1697, silver medal by Norbert Roettiers, 45m.m., 39.30g, bust left of Prince James, in armour with sun on breast, iacobvs walliae princeps, rev. storm tossed ship right striving against heavy seas, 1697.iactatvr.non.mergitvr.undies (it is tossed not sunk in the waves) (MI I, 500), very fine, rare Estimate £ 200-300 The Peace of Ryswick ended the hopes of James II that he could maintain the support of Louis XIV in striving to regain the British throne. James protested against the outcome of the Treaty and this is one of several medals which were struck to draw attention to the circumstances of the Stuart family at this time. Its´ fortunes are shown on this medal as a ship that is distressed but not destroyed and the bust of the young prince James extends the claims of the family beyond James II himself. The obverse die of this medal is in the British Museum.

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