Fortunes of Rebellion, 1689.
William & Mary, Fortunes of Rebellion, Silver Medal, 1689, by Jan Smeltzing, unsigned, a Hydra, holding the crown, tramples upon the sword and scales of Justice, NUMERO NON IURE VALEBAT [He prevailed by might not right], ANNO NOVUM DOMINI PRIMO [In the first year of a new master] rev., a janiform figure of Fortune standing on a globe and serpent; one side of the figure has a boar's head and holds an executioner's axe, facing the Tower and the date 1684, the other side has the face of William, holds a crown, and faces Whitehall and the date 1689, ILLE CRUCEM HIC DIADEM TULIT [The one attained the scaffold, the other the crown] 49 mm. (MI i 698/99; v.L. III/402/2; van der Meer, The Medal 8, pp. 3-4). Extremely fine with cabinet tone, very rare.
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William & Mary, Fortunes of Rebellion, Silver Medal, 1689, by Jan Smeltzing, unsigned, a Hydra, holding the crown, tramples upon the sword and scales of Justice, NUMERO NON IURE VALEBAT [He prevailed by might not right], ANNO NOVUM DOMINI PRIMO [In the first year of a new master] rev., a janiform figure of Fortune standing on a globe and serpent; one side of the figure has a boar's head and holds an executioner's axe, facing the Tower and the date 1684, the other side has the face of William, holds a crown, and faces Whitehall and the date 1689, ILLE CRUCEM HIC DIADEM TULIT [The one attained the scaffold, the other the crown] 49 mm. (MI i 698/99; v.L. III/402/2; van der Meer, The Medal 8, pp. 3-4). Extremely fine with cabinet tone, very rare.
