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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 804

Stuarts, The Children of James III, AR Medal, c. 1737, by E. Hamerani or O. Hamerani, HVNC • SALTEM EVERSO • IVVENEM, armoured and draped bust right of Prince Charles, rev. TRIPLICIS • SPES TERTIA • GENTIS, armoured and draped bust right of Prince Henry, plain edge, 45mm, 53.65g (Eimer -; MI ii 493/35; Harding 63 this medal), with lustrous dark grey surfaces, toned in hues of blue and ochre, a handsome and scarcely offered medal, as struck

This further medal was issued by James II in 1737, and was probably engraved by Ermenegildo Hamerani. The Princes are not specifically named, but bear respectively, the legends: 'At least permit this youth to repair the ruins of the age', and 'The third hope of a triple nation'. These legends make another plea for the restoration of the House of Stuart. On the truncation are the wolf and twins which show the place of mintage as Rome. The absence of any really significant event suitable for Jacobite commemoration is telling.

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