SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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William III. and Mary II. 1689-1694. Silver Medal 1691, 84.48 g. Pacification of Ireland. By D. Drappentier. Busts, conjoined, laureate and draped, he armoured. GULI : ET MARIA D . G . M . BRIT : FR : ET HIB : REX . ET REGINA. Rv. Raging lion tramples upon a Hydra, watched by a dog cowering beside a lioness; beyond distant view of city and ships in harbour. PARCERE SVBIECTIS, ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS. In exergue: HIB : PACATA CICCCXCI. Edge: I . ET . REGNARE PARES . ET MIRESE . INTER AMARE. 54.5 mm. Eimer 340. MI ii 39/220. van Loon IV, 57,1. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1691-45. Selten / Rare. Fast FDC / About Mint State. Prachtvolle Erhaltung mit herrlicher Patina / Beautiful condition with magnificent patina.
Purchased from the stock of Baldwin's, London.
From F.C. Koch collection, auction Rietdijk 381, December 2003.
The Treaty of Limerick, signed on 3 October 1691, ended the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland, a conflict related to the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War. It consisted of two separate agreements, one with military terms of surrender, signed by commanders of a French expeditionary force and Irish Jacobites loyal to the exiled James II. Baron de Ginkell, leader of government forces in Ireland, signed on behalf of William III and his wife Mary II. It allowed Jacobite units to be transported to France, the diaspora known as the Flight of the Wild Geese.
This medal alludes to the attitude of the Jacobite party in England and Ireland, the Lion and Lioness representing the King and Queen.