MB. M . Mercers’ Co. N .
This is the Truro prize medal, founded by Lord Truro in 1851,
which with books, in all to the value of about ¿G20, is given in
gold annually for an English Essay. The legend on the reverse
is the motto of the Truro family.
7. J a m e s IY. o p S c o t l a n d . Died 1518.
Bust of James IY. of Scotland, r., crowned, in armour,
wearing collar and badge of St. Michael. Leg. i a c o b v s . n n .
d e i . g r a t i a . r e x . s c o to r v m . to. to. Cross, and the stops
are formed of three dots.
Rev. A column, on a rock in the sea, supporting a bifrontal
head regarding two opposite coasts. Leg. v t r v n q v e . (Both
ways.)
•1‘9. Luckius, 27. Ashmole, p. 222. Yan Mieris, I. 461.
Kohler, XVII. 393. Anderson, Thes. Pref. p. 68. Evelyn, 88.
MB. lead. Duke of Athole, iR. Vienna, 2R, 2-15
(obverse only). Very rare.
This medal was first published in 1620 by Luckius, in his
Sylloge; where he supposes it to have been issued in 1513,
when James was preparing for his fatal invasion of England.
It does not appear to be a contemporary medal, and was probably
executed on the Continent towards the close of the 16th
century. The specimens noticed above are cast and may be still
more modern. The medal at Vienna is larger and shows the
bust in greater length, and is the same as figured in Heraeus,
PI. 22, fig. IV. b.
8. J a m e s IV. o p S c o t l a n d . Died 1513.
Bust of James IV. of Scotland, three-quarters, I., hair long,
fur gown and cap. Leg. i a c o b u s q u a r t u s . Below, on bust,
an incuse T, the mark of J. Tassie.
Rev. Inscription, n a t . 10 m a r t . m c c c c lx x i i . c o r o n a t . 24
ITJNII MCCCCLXXXVIII . AD FLOUDONEM CESU8 9 SEPT . MDXIII.
(Born 10 March, 1472; crowned 24 June, 1488; killed at
Flodden 9 September, 1513.)
2-2.
MB. M.
One of Tassie’s portraits of Scottish Sovereigns. (See No. 2,
p. 13.)
9 R i c h a r d F o x . Founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
1516.
Bust of Fox, nearly full face, cap, close-fitting vest, and
mantle over shoulders : he is represented as blind. Leg.
MVNIFICENTIAE RICARDI POX ALVMNI C. C. C. OXON. (The students
of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to the munificence of
Richard Fox.) p id g e o n . s c u l p .
Rev. A cippus inscribed, c om m em o r a tio s a e c v l a r i s . d i e
XVIII . MENS . IVNII ANNO • SALVTIS CHRISTIANAE M.D.CCC.XVII.
OB . ANNVM . EXPLETVM . A . COLLEGIO . EVNDATO TRECENTESIMVM
IOANNE . COOKE S. T. P. PRAESIDENTE . FELICITER. (The Secular
commemoration on the 18th day of the month of June in the year
of grace 1817, on the happy completion of the three-hundredth
anniversary of the foundation of the college, John Cooke, Professor
of Theology, President.) Below, R . b . e t . r . a v r r r .
AAA. F . p. (Made by Rundell, Bridges and Rundell, Goldsmiths
and Silversmiths.) The whole within laurel wreath united
above by Tudor rose.
2-75.
MB. Æ.
Richard Fox, prelate, statesman and diplomatist, born about
the close of the reign of Henry VI., was successively Bishop of
Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester. He filled
many high offices of state and was much employed by Henry
VII. and Henry VIII. in political affairs, both at home and
abroad. He founded Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1516,
and established free schools at Taunton and Grantham. He
died 14 September, 1528, having some years before his death
suffered from total blindness. The tercentenary festival of the
foundation of this College, which this medal records, was
celebrated at Oxford 18 June, 1817.
10. P e a c e a n d C e s s io n o p T o u r n a y . 1519.
Bust of Francis I., I., laureate, in armour with salamander on
his breast-plate, mantle. Leg. f r a n c i s c v s . i . f r a n c o r v m . r e x .