pach, March, 1683, married at Hanover, 11 Sept. 1705, died in
London,3 1 Dec. 1787.)7
Rev. Inscription, d iv a e ca ro l in a e c o n iv g is d e s id e r a t is s im a e
ET OPTIME DE SE MERITAE CONSILIATRICIS ET ADIVTRICIS VITAE
CVRARVMQVE SVARVM FIDELISSIMAE SAPIENTISSIMAE MEMORIAM
INDEIilBILIBVS LITTERIS ANIMO SVO IMPRESSAM QVAM IPSA VIR-
TVTIBVS ET FACTIS SVIS IMMORTALITATI COMMENDAVIT HOC ETIAM
NVMMO PROSECVTVS LIBERIS CIVIBVS POSTERIS SVIS SACRO SANC-
TAM ESSE FVBET FELICISSIMVS IPSA DVM VIVERET NVNC POST-
QVAM DECESSIT SEMPER LVGENS MARITVS GEORGIVS . I I . (George
II.', the most happy hushand during her life, now at her decease,
most mournful, commands that the memory of the beatified
Caroline, his most lamented and excellent wife, the most faithful
and wisest adviser and helpmate of his life and his cares,
which was indelibly impressed upon his own mind, and which
she herself has commended to immortality by her virtues and
deeds, should be venerated by his children, subjects, and posterity,
and honours her with this medal.)
1-6. Köhler, XI. 9.
MB. ;1{. Rare.
Queen Caroline died at Whitehall, 20 Nov, 1737, and was
privately buried in Westminster Abbey, 17 Dec. The inscription
on this medal is very laudatory of the Queen, hut
none the less true, as her character was without blemish, and
to her influence and advice may in a great measure be attributed
the peace and prosperity of England from 1727 to 1737.
This is one of the pieces which were frequently struck in Germany
upon the death of a royal personage. They were medals,
which were made to the weight and fineness of coins, and
circulated as such, and were called “ death-coins.” The above
piece is struck to the weight of a rix-dollar. No medal appears
to have been struck in England on the death of the Queen.
81. T h e C o p l e y M e d a l o f t h e R oyal S o c ie t y . 1737.
Pallas, seated amidst emblems of the Arts and Sciences,
holds out a wreath in her right hand, and in her left the symbol
of nature (the Ephesian Artemis) ; near her, the armorial
shield of Copley. Leg. a . c o p l e y b a r ? d ig n i s s im o . (Godfrey
Copley, Baronet, to the most worthy.) t . (John Sigismund
Tanner.)
Rev. The armorial shield of the Royal Society, with crest
and supporters. Leg. so c ie ta s r e g . l o n d in i . (The Royal
Society of London.) Ex. The motto of the Society on a band,
n u l l iu s in v e r b a . (Not on any one’s authority.)
1‘7. Weld, Hist, of the Royal Society, Yol. I. p. 397.
MB. Ar. At. M. Hunter,YR. Rare.
Sir Godfrey Copley in 1709 bequeathed the sum of one hundred
pounds, the interest of which was to he annually presented
by Trustees, named by himself, to any distinguished discoverer
or improver in matters of science. After the death of these
Trustees, the disposal was entrusted to the Council of the Royal
Society, which body already in 1736 had converted the money
payment into a gold medal. The specimen in gold in the
British Museum was presented to Mr. John Belchier in 1737,
his name and the date of' presentation being engraved in the
exergue on the obverse. It was awarded to him for a treatise
on the Experiment of Dyeing the Bones of living Animals
Red with Madder Root. Specimens in silver and copper were
only struck as proofs or for the gratification of collectors.
82. “ T h e C h r is t ia n H e r o . ” P r iz e M e d a l . 1737.
Bust of Archbishop Tillotson, three-quarters, r., hair long,
in canonicals. Leg. r e v d is s im u s . io h e s . t il l o t so n u s . cant :
ARCHIe p u s . ob : 1694. (The most Reverend John Tillotson,
Archbishop of Canterbury, died 1694.) Ex. a n g l ia mundo—
Rev. Bust of James Oglethorpe, nearly facing, hair long,
in shirt with open collar and mantle. Leg. ia c o b l s . o g l e -
t h o r p iu s . a r m ig e r . a d h u c . vivus . 1737. (James Oglethorpe,
Esq., still living, 1737.) Ex. n e s c it c e d e r e . (England to the
world knows not how to yield.)
1'65. Snelling, xxix. 8. Gent. Mag. Nov. 1747, front.
MB. iR. M. Rare.