Description

William III. and Mary II. 1689-1694. Silver Medal 1689, 44.67 g. Coronation of William III and Mary II. By P. H. Müller. Bust, laureate and draped. GVILIELMVS REX ANGL . SCOT . FRANC . ET HYBERN. Below: PATRIÆ DECVS ANGLIÆ PRÆSIDIVM. Rv. The Garter entwined by orange branches and decorated with the shields of England, Scotland, France and Ireland: within the chronogrammatic inscription GVILIELM . PRINCEPS AVRIACVS . ANGLIÆ . SCOTIE . FRANCIÆ ET HIBERNIE REX CORONATVR . d . 21 Apr. Edge: REGIA RES, IDEOQUE MEUM EST, SUCCURRERE PRESSIS . FK. 49.4 mm. Eimer -. MI i 675/50. Forster 658. van Loon III, 392,2. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1689-30. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nicely toned.

From the auction Spink Taisei Numismatics 41, Zurich, April 1992, lot 540.

William III and Mary II were crowned together at Westminster Abbey on 11 April 1689 by the Bishop of London, Henry Compton. Normally, the coronation is performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but the Archbishop at the time, William Sancroft, refused to recognise James's removal.

The joint rule of William III of Orange (1650 - 1702), the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and the grandson of Charles I of England, and Mary II (1662 - 1694), the daughter of James II of England and his first wife, Anne Hyde, established constitutional monarchy and laid the foundation for modern parliamentary democracy.