Pacification of Ireland

Triton XVI, Lot: 1618. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (ORANGE). William III & Mary. 1688-1694. AR Medal (54mm, 58.20 g, 12h). Pacification of Ireland. By D. Drappentier. Dated 1691 in Roman numerals. GUIL : ET MARIA D · G · M · BRIT : FR : ET HIB : REX · ET REGINA ·, jugate draped busts right of William, laureate and armored, and Mary / PARCERE/SVBIECTIS, ET/DEBELLARE SVPERBOS (to spare the humble and subdue the proud, –adapted from Virgil), lion trampling left upon Hydra; to left, a spaniel fawns submissively at feet of lioness; in background, view of harbor and city at a distance; in two lines in exergue, HIB : PACATA/MDCXCI (Ireland pacified). Edge: ET REGNARE PARES, ET MIRE SE INTER AMARE (equal in governing and in the exceeding love they show each other). MI 39/220; Eimer 340. EF, toned, with some spotting. Rare.