SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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William III. and Mary II. 1689-1694. Silver Medal 1691, 30.85 g. Battle of Aughrim. By J. Smeltzing. Bust, laureate and bare. GULIELM : III . D . G . M . BRIT : ET HIB : REX F . D . P . A. Rv. Hercules, with uplifted club, stands over a prostrate Irishman; a Frenchman fleeing. IMPARES UNI. In exergue: HIBERNIS SUBIECTIS GALLIS FUGATIS MDCXCI. Plain edge. 37.1 mm. Eimer -. MI ii 32/207. van Loon IV, 52,2. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1691-40. Selten / Rare. Vorzüglich-FDC / About Uncirculated. Feine Patina / Nicely toned.
From the auction Peus 381, Frankfurt a. M., November 2004, lot 2203.
The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 near the village of Aughrim, County Galway. Being one of the bloodiest battles ever been fought in the British Isles, the Williamite victory ended the Jacobite cause in Ireland and paved the way for the Treaty of Limerick the same year.