Bust of the Earl of Athlone, r.,hair long behind,in armour and
■with hadge of the Order of the Elephant suspended to a riband.
Leg. GODARDUS ATHLON : COM : EXERC : FOEB : BELG : IMPERATOR.
(Godard, Earl of Athlone, Commander of the Army ,of the
United Provinces.) On truncation, m. sm e l t z in g .
Rev. An obelisk, decorated with captured standards and
shields inscribed with the names of the towns k e y sw e r d i ,
VENLO, STEVWAERDT, ROERMOND, LUYCK, STOCKHEM, GREV.—
BROEC, HAMMOND, BRY, YISET, NAYAR, and PEER. Four Captives
are chained to the base, which is inscribed, sic b a t a y i s c o n -
TINGIT AB HERCULE THESEUS . MDCCII. (Thus to the Dutch
comes Theseus after Hercules, 1702.) -
1*9. Yan Loon, IV. 866. Thes. Num. 225.
MB. 2Et. Bibl. Paris, lead. Bare.
The towns mentioned upon this medal are those in the
taking of which the Earl of Athlone was conspicuously engaged
in the campaign of 1702. As Theseus succeeded and rivalled
Hercules, so was Athlone the successor and rival of William
III. Godard Ginkell, who had commanded in Ireland, was
created Earl of Athlone by William III. (See No. 218, p. 38),
and, upon the death of the Prince of Nassau-Saarbriick, 17 Oct.
[N. S.] 1702, he was appointed to the chief command of the
Dutch troops. He did not long survive these triumphs; for he
died of a violent fit of apoplexy at the beginning of the following
year, on the
28. A n n e . T o u c h - P i e c e . 1702.
Ship sailing, I., before the wind. Leg. a n n a . d : g . m .
BR . F : ET . H . REG.
Rev. St. Michael and the Dragon. Leg. s o l i . d e o . g l o r i a .
(To God alone the glory.)
*85. Arch. Journ. X. p. 198.
MB. AF. Not uncommon.
This piece resembles all those which were struck after the
discontinuance of the coin called “ the Angel,” which had been
given to such patients as sought for cure of the scrofula from
the touch of the royal hand. Anne, the last of the Stuarts,
was the last English Sovereign who performed this ceremony.
She touched Dr. Johnson, and the piece given to him upon
that occasion is in the British Museum.
29. D u k e o f M a r l b o r o u g h . C om m a n d e r -in -C h ie f . 1702.
Marlborough in armour, on horseback, galloping, r . ; below,
in the distance, an army and a fortress. Leg. on two scrolls,
IOH . d . m a r l e b v r g . a n g l . e x . Dvx. (John, Duke of Marlborough,
General of the English Army.)
Rev, The Venetian fleet bombarding the fortress of c o r o n .
Leg. MOREA f v tv r v m v e n e to r v m BRABEVM. (Morea, the future
prize of the Venetians.)
2-45.
MB. wood.
This piece, by Martin Brunner, was struck from dies, and
for use as a draughtsman. It was probably issued at an early
period of the campaign in the Netherlands. The types of the
obverse and reverse have no connexion, the device of the latter
referring to the bombardment of the fortress of Coron, in the
Morea, by the Venetians, and its capture from the Turks, 11
Aug. 1685. The obverse is also found on another draughtsman,
which has for the type of the reverse a view of the bombardment
of Buda-Pesth. (See Bev. Num. Beige, 1875, p. 428.)
30. A n n e a n d t h e D u k e o f M a r l b o r o u g h . 1702 ?
Bust of Anne, r., hair arranged high and tied behind, lovelocks
falling down the .neck and on the left shoulder, in loose
mantle. - Leg. a n n a . d . g . mag . b r . f r . e t . h ib . r e g i n a .
Rev. Bust of the Duke of Marlborough, r., hair long, in
armour. Leg. i o h . d . m a r l e b v r g . a n g l . e x . c a p i t . g e n .
(John, Duke of Marlborough, Commander-in-Chief of the
English Army.)
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