31- S i r A n d r ew F o u n t ain e . 1715.
Bust of Fountaine, r., long flowing hair, &c.; same as the
preceding.
Rev. A female figure, standing within a ruined edifice, is
examining medals upon a cippus : behind, a laureated bust on
a pedestal.
3-25. Snelling, xxx. Mazzuchelli, II. PI. clxxxiii. 2.
No specimen of this medal has been met with. The motive
of the type of the reverse is the same as that of the preceding.
32. S ir A n d r ew F o u n t a in s . 1715.
Bust of Fountains, r., long flowing hair, &c.; same as
No. 30.
Rev. Bellona, rushing over rugged rocks strewed with armour,
seizes and arrests Fortune, whose foot is placed on her wheel.
Leg. p e r a r dv a . (Through difficulties.)
3-35. See Snelling, xxviii. 3. Durand, Med. des Num.
PI. vi. 1.
MB. 2E. Bare,
This medal is composed of the usual obverse with the bust
of Fountaine,, and of the reverse of the medal of Bichard
Molesworth already described (See No. 245, p. 391). The
device has, therefore, no peculiar reference to Sir Andrew
Fountaine.
33. B a t t l e o p S h e r ip fm u ir o r D u n b l a in . 13 November,
1715.
Bust of George I., r., laureate, hair long, in figured armour,
and mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Leg. g e o r g -
rvs . d : g : mag : b r : p r : e t . h ib : r e x . p : d . Below, i. c.
(John Croker.)
Rev. Victory, with sword and palm branch, rapidly pursuing
a body of fleeing cavalry. Leg. p e r j u r i i . u l t r ix . (The
Avenger of perjury.) Ex. ad . dvn bla in vm . 13 . nov : 1715.
(At Dunblain, 13 Nov. 1715.) On the line of the exergue, i. c.
(John Croker.)
1'8. Bapin, x. 12. Yan Loon, Y. 256.
MB. iR. M . (two varieties). Not uncommon.
Two dies, slightly varying, were made for striking this medal;
one of which appears to have broken.
The Earl of Mar having assembled an army of upwards of
10,000 men to re-establish the House of Stuart, the Duke of
Argyle advanced to meet him with an inferior force of 3,500
men. They met at Sheriffmuir, near Dunblain; each lost
about 500 men, and at night both retired. The Duke next
morning returned to the field, carried off the wounded and
four pieces of cannon, and the Earl’s army gradually dispersed.
As the Earl of Mar and many of his officers had made strong
professions of allegiance, their defeat is here called the punishment
of perjury.
34. P r e s t o n t a k e n . 13 November, 1715.
Bust of George I., r., laureate, hair long, &c. ; same as the
preceding.
Rev. A military trophy placed upon a pedestal decorated
with two united hands : two captives are chained to the base.
Leg. F i d e s . MiLiTVM. (The fidelity of the army.) Ex. r e b e l l :
AD. PRESTON . CAPT : 13 . n o v : 1715. (The rebels taken at Preston,
13 Nov. 1715.) On the line of the exergue, i. c. (John Croker.)
1'8. Bapin, x. 13. Yan Loon, V. 257.
MB. iR. Bare.
General Macintosh had been despatched by the Earl of Mar
across the Firth of Forth ; and circumstances induced him to
press forward and to take post at Preston, where he defended
himself most vigorously, but was ultimately reduced to an
unconditional surrender on the same day that the Earl was
defeated at Sheriffmuir. The legend on the reverse is often
found on Boman coins. At such a time of doubtful loyalty it
was expedient to extol the fidelity of the troops.
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