The four crowns interspersed with the monogram of the Duke
are those of Jülich* Cleves, Berg, and Westphalia, which he
had now changed by his glorious death for a celestial one.
There are other medals recording the death of this Prince
described in Van Loon, V. pp. 55-64, in the Thes. Num., pp.
697-708, and also in Tentzel, Sax. Num., Vol. II. pp. 899-914,
but, as they make no special reference to England, they are not
given here.
124. T o u lo n r e l ie v e d . August, 1707.
Bust of Louis XIV.,. r., hair long, no drapery. Leg. l u d o -
VICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.
Rev. Toulon murally crowned, seated, I., on a rock, rests
her hands upon a rudder and her shield: in the distance, a
horse grazing undisturbed. Leg. p u l s is ad varum h o s t ir u s .
(The enemy repulsed to the Var.) Ex. t e l o o b s id io n e l i b e -
r a t u s . XX . a u g u s t i . M .D C c .v n . (Toulon relieved from siege,
20 August, 1707.)
2-9. Med. Louis XIV., fol. 803. Van Loon, V. 66.
As no specimen of the medal figured in the above works has
been met with, the illustration is probably, like others of the
series already described, an enlarged copy of the following one.
By the advice of Marlborough, a great effort was made to
obtain possession of Toulon, and a large army under Prince
Eugene and the Duke of Savoy, to be assisted by the English
fleet under Sir Cloudesley Shovel, was appointed to attack the
place. The jealousy and inactivity of the Duke of Savoy gave
time to the French to provide ample means for the defence of
the city, and the siege was abandoned. The expedition was
disastrous to the Allies, as it cost the lives of a large number
of men, amongst whom was the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, whose
medals are described above. Besides this, on its return journey
with the sick and wounded, the English fleet was encircled by
a dense fog off the Scilly Isles, and five of its ships ran on the
rocks and were lost with all on boai;d. Amongst the drowned
was the Admiral, Sir Cloudesley Shovel.
/ 125. T o u lo n r e l ie v e d . -^- August, 1707.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., &c.; similar to the preceding.
Below, the artist’s signature, i. mav g er . p.
Rev. Toulon murally crowned, seated, I , on a rock, &c.; same
as the preceding, but in the field the artist’s initials, i d .
(Jean Du Vivier.)
1-6.
MB. M . JE.
This belongs to the smaller series of French historical medals
of Louis XIV. The obverses of the specimens in silver and
copper are from different dies: that in silver has under the
bust the monogram of t b . (Thomas Bernard.)
126. D r e s d e n P o p in ja y F e s t iv a l . -2\- September, 1707.
An expanded royal mantle, on which are the two letters A A
twice repeated, interlinked and crowned ; below, united sprigs
of rose, thistle, and rue. Leg. av is . a tavis . a n im is . a r m is .
([United] by ancestry, by sentiment, and by arms.)
Rev. Inscription, x x . s e p t . m d c c v ii io a n n e s r o b in so n sac .
REG . MAIESTATIS MAGNÆ BRITANNLE ABLEGAT9 EXTRAORDINARIÜS
i n AviLUDio d r e s d e n s i r e x . (John Robinson, Ambassador Extraordinary
of Her Sacred Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain,
was King of the Popinjay at Dresden, 20 Sept. 1707.) Leg.—
ANGLUM SAXONIAM TANTIS ORNARE TRIUMPHIS
NIL MIRVM, PROLEM DILIGIT ILLA SUAM.
(It is not surprising that Saxony should decorate a Briton with
such great trophies, for she loves her own offspring.)
1’65. Thes. Num. 715.
Dresden, Æ. Société des Tireurs, N . Extremely rare.
At Dresden, 20 Sept. 1707, the festivity of shooting at the
Popinjay was celebrated with unusual splendour. John Robinson,
at that time the British Ambassador, was fortunate enough
to shoot down the last piece of the mark, and was proclaimed
King of the Popinjay ; and when the silver cup, the prize of
the day, was presented to him with a congratulatory address,