Beschreibung

Anne, 1702-1714. Silver Medal 1708, 23.71 g. Attempted Invasion of Scotland. By J. Croker. Bust, draped. ANNA . D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET . HIB : REG: Rv. Britannia, armed, protects the crouching figure of Scotia from the French fleet in flight; one of their ships lying obstructed in the harbour. CLASSE . GALL . FVG. In exergue: AD . FRETVM . EDENBVRG . XIV . MARTII . MDCCVIII. Plain edge. 39.5 mm. Eimer 430. MI ii 316/141. van Loon V, 103,2. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1708-17. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Rand etwas bearbeitet / Edge slightly tooled.

From the auction Leipziger Münzhandlung 27, Leipzig, September 2001, lot 1222.

The Attempted Invasion of Scotland in 1708 was a failed Jacobite effort to restore the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Pretender") to the throne of Great Britain. This invasion was part of the broader Jacobite risings, which sought to overturn the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and restore the Catholic Stuart dynasty. The attempt was closely tied to the geopolitical context of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714), during which France supported the Jacobite cause as a way to destabilize Britain.

This medal is the only one struck in England to commemorate the attempted invasion of 1708.