reverse having been made use of till that year. It is placed
out of its right order for the same reason as No. 52, p. 86.
56. S u r r e n d e r o f C a l a i s . 1558.
Bust of Henry II. of France, r., crowned with oak, in armour
with Hons’ heads on shoulders, collar and badge of St. Michael,
and mantle decorated with fleurs-de-lis. Leg. h e n r i c v s . i i .
REX . CHRISTIANISS. Stops, fleurs-de-lis.
Rev. Henry on horseback, r., attended by soldiers bearing
standards and trophies, and preceded by Victory, head facing.
Leg. MAIORA . s e q v e n t v r . (Greater things shall follow.—comp.
Virg. Aen. xii. 153.) Between the words of the legend are three
crescents interlinked, Henry’s badge. Ex. e x a c t i s . b h i t a n n i s .
E T . c a l e t o . g v i n i a q . r e c e p t . (The British expelled, and Calais
and Guisnes recovered.) Underneath is an escarbuncle between
two branches of laurel.
3-1. Van Mieris, III. 422. Pemb. Cat. P. 4. T. 35.
Trésor, Méd. Franç. Pl. xi. 6.
MB. Æ. Very rare.
Cast ; loop for suspension.
57. S u r r e n d e r o f C a l a i s . 1558.
Another ; similar, but Victory looking back, her face in profile
; and Ex. only trophies of arms. On both sides, io . a n t .
RVB. m e d i o l . f . (Giovanni Antonio de’ Bossi, of Milan, fecit )
3-1. Van Mieris, III. 422.
MB. Æ. , Very rare.
This medal and the last are well executed and always cast.
They are the work of Giovanni Antonio de’ Bossi, a native of
Milan, who worked at Florence. The King is decorated with a
civic crown as the recovery of Calais was more analogous to the
preservation of a citizen than the defeat of an enemy. The
interlinked crescents formed the peculiar badge of Henry.
Calais with the remains of former conquests in France was
lost to England 10 Jan. 1558.
58. S u r r e n d e r o f C a l a i s . 1558. C o u n t e r .
Two figures wrestling, perhaps Hercules and Antams, on
each side a crowned fleur-de-lis with H and crescent. Leg. i n
m a n ib v s p o r t a b v n t t e . (They will bear thee in their hands.)
Rev. H, with wreath and three crescents under crown. Leg.
q v o n iam i p s e l i b e r a v i t m e . (Since he has liberated me.)
1-15.
M. Duleau, M. R a r e .
This counter of Henry II. is presumed to relate to the surrender
of Calais.
5 9 . D a s s ie r ’s M e d a l .
Bust of Mary, three-quarters, r., in coif with veil, dress
ornamented with jewels. Leg. m a r i a . i . d . g . a n g . f r . e t .
HIB . REGINA.
Rev. A Monument; before it is seated a figure of Popery,
holding a tiara and a cross; at the sides a fire for burning
heretics, and a column on which is hung a medallion with a
portrait of the Pope surrounded by arms, and implements of
torture. Ex. n a t a . 18 . f e b r . 1516 . c o r . j . o c t o b . 1553 .
m o r t . 17. n o u . 1558.
MB. ¿E.
60. D a s s i e r ’s M e d a l . Variety.
Bust of Mary, r., in the costume of the end of the 17th
century, with lovelock on right shoulder, pearls in her hair, and
dress looped over the left shoulder with a string of pearls. Leg.
MARIA . I . D . G . ANG . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA. Below, I . D. (J.
Dassier.)
No reverse.
1-6.
MB. M. cast. Very rare.
This was the obverse orginally prepared by Dassier for his
series of Boyal Medals, but the portrait being so nnlikA all the
acknowledged ones of Mary the die was immediately cancelled,
very few having been struck off.