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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 750

Act of Toleration, Cast AR Medal, c. 1689, by P. H. Müller, • GVILELMVS REX ANGL • SCOT • FRANC • ET HYBERN • PATRIAE DECVS ANGLIAE PRAESIDIVM, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, rev. TE SERVATORE NON SERVIMUS •, Britannia, accompanied by Religion and Liberty, grasps the hand of William, RESTITUTORI BRITANNIAE • 1689 • in exergue in three lines, plain edge [unlisted], 49mm, 53.12g (Eimer 314, variety; MI 683/64-65 variety; Harding 15 this medal), surfaces lightly contact marked, otherwise with rich cabinet toning in hues of blue and ochre, residually lustrous, near extremely fine

Shortly after the Coronation of William and Mary, an Act of Toleration was passed through parliament which guaranteed dissenters the free exercise of their opinions. The reverse shows William greeting Britannia who tramples on the chains of superstition - another anti-Catholic reference. She is accompanied by figures emblematic of Religion and Liberty. Religion carries a cross and an open bible inscribed 'the word of the Lord stands for ever'. Liberty carries the cornucopia of plenty and a scroll inscribed 'Test' - a reference to an earlier Act which effectively disbarred Catholics from high office.

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