defend his position before the battle of Malplaquet, and by the
destruction of which the fate of Mons was sealed.
¡1 2 0 7 . Campaign op 1 7 0 9 .
Bust of Anne, I., hair hound with fillet, lovelocks behind and
on the right shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front.
Leg. ANNA . D . G . MAG . BE . FE . ET . HIB . EEGINA. Below,
p . H. m . (Philipp Heinrich Müller.) Same as No. 6 9 .
Rev. Mars, leaning on a shield decorated with a view of the
battle of Malplaquet, and Hercules leaning on a shield having
a view of m o n s , are seated upon a pedestal decorated with a
view of t o r n i c k (Tournay). On the top of the pedestal Fame
places a castral and two laurel crowns. Leg. t v b r i s . c a s t e a .
m o n t e s v i c t i . (The Tower, entrenchments, mountains overcome.)
Ex. V i c t o r i a p a c i f . a : MDCcix. (Peace-hearing Victory,
1 7 0 9 .)
1 '7 . Bapin, viii. 1 0 . Van Loon, V. 1 5 2 .
MB. iR. Very rare.
Hercules and Mars indicate that force and military skill produced
the results of this campaign. The legend is somewhat a
play of words. The Tower means Tournay, the entrenchments
are those, at Malplaquet, and the mountains are only to be
found in the name of Mons. These victories, it was expected,
would lead to a general peace ; such too, as we have seen, was
Marlborough’s opinion (See No. 1 9 9 , p. 3 6 1 ) ; but the conduct
of Louis XIV. defeated these reasonable expectations.
2 0 8 . C am pa ig n o f 1 7 0 9 .
Bust of the Emperor Joseph, r., hair long, in armour,
mantle, and order of the Holden Fleece. Leg. io s e p h v s d . g .
ROM . im p e r a t o r . Below, p . h . m . (Philipp Heinrich Muller.)
Rev. Mars and Hercules, with shields, seated upon a pedestal,
&c.; same as the preceding.
1 '7 . Van Loon, V. 1 5 2 .
No specimen of this medal has ^ been met with. It only
differs from the previous one in the type of the obverse.
2 0 9 . H e n r y N ew t o n . 1 7 0 9 .
Bust of Newton, r., hair long, in cravat and loose mantle.
Leg. HEN . NEWTON . ABLEG . EXT . BRIT . AD . M . ETRVR . D .
e t . r . p . g e n . (Henry Newton, Ambassador Extraordinary
for Britain to the Grand Duke of Tuscany and to the Republic
of Genoa.) Below, f l o r e n . 1 7 0 9 .
Rev. Pallas and Prudence embracing; Pallas is helmeted
and holds a spear; at her feet are musical instruments and
the shield of Newton; beyond her are Parnassus, Pegasus, and
swans; Prudence is seated upon a cube, and holds a mirror
and a javelin entwined by a serpent: behind her is a stag
couchant and cities. Leg. a l t e r iv s . a l t e r a . po s c it . o p em .
(Each entreats the aid of the other.) Ex. max . soldanvs . f .
3 -3 5 . Snelling, xxviii. 1. Thes. Num. 9 6 8 . Mazzu-
chelli, II. PI. cli. 2 .
MB. 2E. Rare.
This medal, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi of Florence, is
always cast.
Henry Newton was ambassador for Queen Anne to the
Genoese Republic, and afterwards to the Grand Duke of
Tuscany. He was an excellent Latin and Italian scholar,
speaking and writing both these languages with remarkable
correctness and elegance. In 1 7 1 0 he published a volume of
orations, letters, and poems in Latin, which were considered
models of composition. The reverse intimates that he conducted
political affairs with diligence, and embellished them
with graceful accomplishments. The device is illustrated by
two lines from the pen of Joseph Averani of Pisa :-|pp
“ Altera poscit opem alterius, conjungit utramque
Ingenio Newton, consilioque potens.”
Newton, Epist. Lucca, 1 7 1 0 , front.
2 1 0 . T r ia l o f S a c h e v e r e l l . 1 7 1 0 .
Bust of Sacheverell, three-quarters, r., hair long, in clerical
robes. Leg. h : sach . d : d :
Rev. Mitre. Leg. : is : f ir m : to : t h e e :