of York, a supposition grounded only upon the introduction of
roses into the deviee and legend. Ducarel has wasted much
learning in endeavouring to prove that it was struck by John of
Gaunt on his marriage with Constance of Castile. In fact it is
one of a series of medallions, of similar style, supposed to have
been made by some goldsmiths at Prague towards the close of
the 16th century. (See Köhler, VI. 188.) Most of the specimens
in this series are cast, but in the Copenhagen cabinet is
one of the Empress Leonora, which has evidently been struck
and appears to be nearly contemporary.
2. A r c h b i s h o p S c h e v e z . 1491.
Bust of the Archbishop, L, with plain cap and mantle. Leg.
WTLHELMVS . SCHEVEZ . SCI . ÄDREE . ARCHIEPS.
Rev. A coat of arms ; 1 and 4, three cat-a-mountains (civet
cats?) passant in pale, Schevez of Muirton; 2 and 3, on a
cross a roundel surmounted by a mullet of six point's and en-
signed by a cross crosslet fitchy ; behind the shield is an archiépiscopal
cross. Leg. l e g a t v s . n a t v s . & - t o t i v s . r e g n i .
SCOTIE. PRIMAS. n j ^ ) l (Legate by nature [of his office] and
Primate of the whole kingdom of Scotland, 1491.)
2-85. Num. Chron. N.S. XVIII. PI. v.
MB. electrotype. Formerly in Dr. Wellesley’s collection, Æ.
Yery rare.
William Schevez, Archdeacon of St. Andrew’s, was made
Archbishop of that See in 1478. He was greatly favoured by
James IV., and employed by him in various negotiations, both
at home and abroad. He died at St. Andrew’s 28 Jan. 1497.
Schevez had many disputes respecting the archiépiscopal rights,
which were conferred on the see in his time by Sixtus IV.
This very remarkable medal appears to be of Flemish workmanship
; compare, for instance, the medals of Jean Miette,
1479, Jean Carondelet, 1479, and Robert Briconet, about 1490.
(See Van Mieris, I. pp. 167, 204, 228.) Schevez had been
educated at Louvain, which would account for the foreign origin
of the medal.
HENRY VII. 1494. 21
3 . P e r k i n W a r b e o k . 1494.
A panel of five foliations, enclosing the royal arms ensigned
with an arched crown; on one side is a crowned fleur-de-lis,
on the other a crowned rose. Leg. domine.salwm.fac.r e g e m .
(0 Lord, save the King.) m. m. Lion passant guardant.
Rev. A quatrefoil-shaped panel, enclosing a fleur-de-lis and a
lion passant guardant; above, is a crown ; below, a small rose.
Leg. m a n i : t e c h e l : p h a k e s : "A m' m' Lion passant
guardant.
1. Anglo-Gallic Coins, PL iii. Ruding, Supp. PI. iii. 83.
Wise, Bodl. Cat. T. xxi. Pemb. Cat. P. 4. T. 32. Vet. Mon.
I. PI. xliii.
MB. At. gilt. Vienna, At. Rare.
This curious piece, which is about the weight of an English
groat, has been usually classed among the Anglo-Gallic coins,
and was included in the work above cited, published by the
British Museum in 1826. It was there stated that the piece
<f has been supposed to have been struck as money for the
use of the followers of Perkin Warbeck by the Duchess of Burgundy,
when she was preparing an army to invade England, for
the avowed purpose of placing this adventurer upon the throne
of England. The legend of the reverse is taken from the
denunciation against Belshazzar; and as it was originally
directed against a monarch in possession of the throne, it was
supposed that in the instance of this piece it pointed to King
Henry VII., and the date of 1494 indicates the then intended
invasion as the power by which he was to be removed. That
this piece has reference to the circumstances of the country,
produced by the claims of Warbeck, is probable; it is also
probable that it is a small medal, and not a coin. If a coin, it
would surely have borne the name as well as the title of the
King, de jure or de facto, who issued it. If struck by Henry,
it would have borne his usual titles; if by the Pretender, it
would assuredly have expressed his titles, in terms at least
as strong as those of the reigning monarch. The weaker the
claim the stronger would be the terms of its assertion.” The
probability that this piece is a medal or counter seems further