Description

George I. 1714-1727. Silver Medal 1716, 14.65 g. James (III), Failure to recover the Throne. Unsigned. Bust of prince James, laureate, armoured and draped. NIHIL EFFICIENS. Map of Great Britain and Ireland; marked SCOTIA 1708. M. MART. 1716. M. FEBR. BRITANNIA, HIBERNIA; ships around the coast. BIS VENIT VIDIT NON VICIT FLENSQVE RECESSIT. Plain edge. 32.6 mm. Eimer 477. MI ii 436/35. Sehr selten / Very rare. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, August 1996, lot 4471.

James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 1688 - 1 January 1766) was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only son of James II of England and his second wife, Mary of Modena, he was Prince of Wales and heir until his Catholic father was deposed and exiled in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. His Protestant half-sister Mary II and her husband William III became co-monarchs. As a Catholic, he was subsequently excluded from the succession by the Act of Settlement 1701.

James attempted an invasion, trying to land at the Firth of Forth on 23 March 1708 which failed. After the accession of George I, James attempted another restoration in the winter 1715/16, but this one failed as well.