SINCONA Auction 96
SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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| Starting price | 1,000 CHF |
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Description
James I. 1603-1625. Cast Silver Medal 1613, 24.64 g. Marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Frederick of the Palatinate. Model from Jan de Bommaert. Bust armoured and draped. FRID . COM . PAL . R . S . ROM . IMP . ELECTOR . Rv. Bust draped and jewelled. ELIS . R . DGC PAL R S R . IMP . ELEC . FIL . R. MAGN . BRIT . Plain edge. 32 x 38.7 mm. Eimer 91. MI i 201/32. Habich 3156. Slg. Donebauer 2027. Selten / Rare. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Zeitgenössischer ziselierter Guss / Contemporary chased cast.
From the auction Peus 345, Frankfurt a. M., November 1995, lot 2472.
The marriage of Princess Elizabeth Stuart of England to Frederick V, Elector of the Palatine, in 1613 was a significant event in European history, with far-reaching political and religious implications. Elizabeth, the daughter of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland), and Frederick, a leading Protestant prince in the Holy Roman Empire, were wed in a lavish ceremony that symbolized the alliance between Protestant powers in Europe and that intertwined the fates of England and the Protestant cause in Europe.