Rev. Inscriptions in Hebrew and Greek, of similar import
to the legend on the obverse ; both not very correctly written.
wavn wmtniDi -jbo ira w n om r a
tïïTV twn wra'm ^rnn pxav: nnoxn njïiy
iDnn n : rwn Dztai
E a OAPAOS O EKT02 0 THI TOY 6EOY XAPITI TH2 AITAIA2
®PArXIA2 TE KAI IBEINIA2 BA2IAEY2 TH2 III2TEÎ22 IIP02TATH2,
KAI TH2 EN THI EKKAH2IA2 AITAIKH2 KAI IBEPNIXH2 H HPQTH
KE4>AAH 2TE4-ANQ6EI2 ETEI. X.
Above, the word Lambhith, probably for Lambeth.
2-4. Med. Hist. iv. 8. Perry, ii. 4. Van Mieris,
HI. 159. Hollis’s Memoirs, p. 673.
MB. N . Æ. Hunter, Æ. Bare.
These medals are all cast, or struck with only a gentle pressure
upon cast metal, and are more or less repaired with a
chasing tool, and vary in their details. Upon some is the word
Inkhith, instead of Lambhith ; probably a blunder of the artist.
It is the first coronation medal executed in England, imitating
in its Hebrew, Greek, and Latin inscriptions his father’s medal,
but omitting the words “ suh Christo ” inserted by Henry in
conformity with the reluctant acknowledgment of his supremacy
by the clergy. (See No. 44, p. 47). It may have been issued
at the archiépiscopal palace at Lambeth.
The date is according to the old style, when the year commenced
with March 25.
There are modern copies of this medal cast and highly
chased, which are not rare.
'-j- 2. Coronation. 1547.
Bust of Edward VI., I., cap decorated with feathers, fur cloak,
rich vest marked e . r . In the field E R, each crowned. Leg.
in two circles and divided by badges as on the preceding.
EDVARDVS . SEXTVS . D . G. ANGLIÆ . FRANCIÆ . ET . HIBER . REX.
FIDE I . DEFENS . ET . IN . TERRIS ANGLICA . ET . HIBER . ECCLESI.
CAPVT . SVPREMVM.
Rev. Inscriptions in Latin, Hebrew, and Greek as follow :
CORONATVS EST . WESTMONASTERII . AtMO . M.D.X1VII . die
x x . Februarii . r e g n i sui Primo Ætatis . x. (Crowned at Westminster
in the year 1 5 4 7 , on the 20th February, the first of his
reign and the tenth of his age.)
m - \ ¿ o t • w f fm 5 w n D rm r n *
(Edward VI., triple King, and head of the Church of England
and Ireland.) •
EA0YAPA02 EXT02. TPI2 BA2IAEY2. IH2TEG2 ÜP02TATH2 EN TH
EKKAH21A TH2 AITAIA2 KAI IBEPNIA2 AKPH H KE<6AAH 2TE<J>AN-
Û0E12. ETEI. X . [RI AAAAHI.
(Edward VI., triple King, defender of the faith, the supreme
head of the Church of England and Ireland, crowned in his
tenth year, 1546.) _
Ahove, e . r . divided hy crowned rose and encircled with
other roses not crowned.
. Around the whole a wreath.
2-8. Heraeus, PL 22, fig. II. (Obverse only.)
MB. electrotype from Bibl. Paris, iR. Gotha, Æ.. Munich,
Æ. gilt. Rare.
The specimen of this medal in the Bibliothèque Nationale at
Paris is cast and chased and appears to he contemporary. The
Hebrew inscription has points in the original, but they are so
confusedly placed that it has been thought better to omit them.
Like the preceding, it is a record of the coronation.
3, C oronat ion . 1547.
A rose on its stalk, crowned, between E R. Leg. e d -
WARd ’. VI. REX. ANG. FRANC, HIBER. ZC.
Rev. Inscription, in s ig n ia p o t e n t is s im i . r e g i s . a n g l ie . 1547.
(Insignia of the most potent King of England.) Stops, roses.
1-1. Med. Hist. iv. 7. Perry, ii. 2. Ruding, Gold
Coins, PI. vii. 14. ,
MB. Æt. J. Rashleigh, N (weight 71^-grs.). Hunter, Æ..
Rare. „
Probably a counter or medalet struck partly with the die of a
pattern for a half-sovereign, at the time of the King s coronation.
Modern chased imitations of this rare piece are not un-
common.