Live auction - fme_646619 - ENGLAND - WILLIAM III Médaille, Couronnement de Guillaume III et Marie II
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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.
Cette médaille aurait également servi de monnaie.
Historical background
ENGLAND - WILLIAM III
(14/11/1650-8/03/1702)
William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange (1650-1702), Stadtholder of Holland (1672-1702), King of England (1689-1702), was the son of William II of Orange-Nassau and Marie-Henriette Stuart (daughter of Charles I of England and Henriette-Marie of France). He married his cousin Mary II Stuart (1662-1694), daughter of James II of England and Anne Hyde. When the revolution of 1688 drives out his father-in-law and uncle, William is called upon to share the throne of Great Britain with his wife. After the latter's death, he reigned alone from 1694 to 1702. After his death, his sister-in-law Anne (1665-1714), second daughter of Jacques, succeeded him..
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