MB. 51. Hunter, AT. 51. Athole,5t. Bibl. Paris, 5t.
Vienna, 5 t. Gotha, 5 t. Munich, 5 t. St. Petersburg,
5 t. Stuttgart, 5 t. Cassel, 5 t. Bare.
This beautiful medal was executed by John Boettier, and
about the time of the marriage. I t was probably “ The Golden
Medal ” commemorated by Waller.
Our guard upon the royal side !
On the reverse, our beauty’s pride !
Here we discern the frown and smile;
The force and glory of our isle.
There is a coarse copy of this medal executed about the
same time, and somewhat larger in size. The dies of this and
the following medal are in the British Museum.
112. St. C a t h e r i n e . 1662.
Bust of Queen Catherine, r., varying little from that of the
preceding, except in having three detached ringlets floating at
the back of the neck. Leg. ca th a bin a . d . g . mag . b r i .
FRAN . ET . HIB . REGINA.
Rev. St. Catherine, nearly full face, resting upon a sword,
holds up a palm branch, and stands beneath rays from heaven;
the broken wheel lies at her feet. Leg. p ie t a t e in s ig n is .
(Eminent for piety.)
1*7. Med. Hist. xxx. 13. Köhler, IV. 393. Evelyn, 132.
MB. 5 t. Bibl. Paris, 5 t. Vienna, 5 t. Gotha, 5t.
St. Petersburg, 5 t. Bare.
113- S t . C a t h e r in e . 1662.
Sometimes the reverse of No. I l l is used as the obverse with
the reverse of the preceding one.
1-7.
MB. 51. Advocates, 51. Athole, 5 t. Bare.
These are complimentary medals of the Queen, concurring
with poets and historians in commending her piety. She was
born on the 25th of November, the feast of St. Catherine;
this probably dictated the name by which she was called,
induced the Queen to adopt St. Catherine as her Patron
Saint, and suggested the device of the medal.
114:. St. C a t h e r i n e . 1662. C o n n a u g h t .
St. Catherine, nearly full face, resting upon a sword, holds
up a palm branch; the broken wheel lies at her feet. Leg.
PIETATE INSIGNIS.
Rev. Fame, facing, sounding a trumpet, the flag of which
bears a harp crowned, and holding an olive branch. Leg.
p r o v in c ia c o nnagh. (The province of Connaught.)
1. Med. Hist. xxx. 9. Evelyn, 132.
MB. 51. Extremely rare.
The two devices of this medal are copied from the reverses
of two medals already described, Nos. 112 and 90, both of
which were struck soon after the Queen’s arrival in England.
The occasion is somewhat uncertain. It cannot be, as Pinkerton
conjectured, on the private marriage of the Queen by a native
of Connaught, as the priest on that occasion was Ludovic
Stewart, Lord d’Aubigny, grandson of Esme Stuart, third
Duke of Lennox, and High Almoner to Henrietta Maria and
Catherine. It is more probable that it was struck by the
direction of Sir John Berkeley, a devoted adherent of the
Stuarts, who was created Baron Berkeley of Stratton, 19 May,
1658, and appointed in 1662 President of Connaught and a
member of the Privy Council of Ireland.
115. C h a r l e s II. and Ca t h e r in e . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., r., laureate, hair long, flowing in front,
in scale armour and mantle fastened with brooch on the