SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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Anne, 1702-1714. Satirical Silver Medal 1706, 29.66 g. Victories over Louis XIV. Unsigned, by P. H. Müller. Anne, as Minerva, subdues Louis XIV armed as a Roman warrior. LVDOVICVS MAGNVS ANNA MAIOR. Rv. Victory advancing, behind a military trophy inscribed CLADES GALLOR IN BRAB 23 . MAI on a shield. CVRA PVGNACIS FACTA MINERVAE. In exergue: XII . VRBES CVM PRO : VINCIIS INTRA XV . D : RECEPTÆ . 1706. Border twelve shields inscribed BRVSSELLA / MECHLINA / LIERA / ANTVERPIA / FVRNA / ALOSTVM / ATHVM / ALDENARDA / BRUGÆ / GANDAVIVM / DAMIVM / LOVANIVM. Edge: DOMINVS TRADIDIT EVM IN MANVS FOEMINÆ . IVDITH . XVI . C . 43.2 mm. Eimer 421. MI ii 288/97. Forster 743. van Loon V, 39,2. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1706-21. Vorzüglich-FDC / About Uncirculated. Herrliche Patina / Most attractively toned.
From the auction Adolph Hess AG 263, Zurich, February 1994, lot 765.
In the greater frame of the War for Spanish Succession, in 1706, the Anglo-Dutch Allies won several Victories over the French Bourbons: the French were comprehensively defeated at Ramillies by an Allied army under Marlborough, which then occupied much of the Spanish Netherlands in under two weeks; the assault on Barcelona was repulsed, while an Allied force was allowed from Portugal to enter Madrid and Zaragoza; and further successes overseas.
The coat of arms on the back shows the shields with the Latin names of the conquered cities: Brussels, Mechelen, Lier, Antwerp, Veurne, Aalst, Aath, Audenarde, Bruges, Ghent, Damme, Louvain.