bbitannm; . mdccxliy. (Astronomer of the King of Great Britain,
1744.)
2 ’15. Snelling, xxxi. 7. Mazzuchelli, II. PI. clxxxiv. 3.
MB. M.
One of Dassier’s series of medals of illustrious men. (See
No. 185, p. 558.)
Edmund Hailey, mathematician and astronomer, born at
Haggerston, near London, 8 Nov. 1656, was educated at St.
Paul’s School and Oxford. At the early age of twenty-two he
was elected a Fellow of the Boyal Society, and at the request
of that body he undertook several expeditions for astronomical
investigations. In 1703 he was appointed Savilian Professor
of Geometry at Oxford, and in 1720, after the death of Flamsteed,
became Astronomer Royal. He died 13 Jan. 1742, in
his eighty-sixth year. This medal was not struck till two years
after his death.
236. Sib Andeew Fountains. 1744.
Bust of Fountaine, hair short, in loose robe. Leg. an-
DBEAS FOUNTAINE EQ . AUBAT.
Rev. Inscription, a . a . a . f . f . iiivib. Ex. m.dcc.xliv.
J . A. DASSIEB.
2‘2. Snelling, xxxiii. 4. Mazzuchelli, II. PI. clxxxiii. 3.
MB. M.
One of Dassier’s series of medals of illustrious men. (See
No. 185, p. 558.)
The inscription on the reverse is taken from Roman copper
coins commemorative of the three persons or moneyers who at
the time had the superintendence of the coinage, i.e., Auro,
argento, aere, flando, feriundo, Triumviri. (The Triumvirs
appointed to cast and strike gold, silver, and copper money.)
Sir Andrew Fountaine was Warden of the Mint from 1727
until his death in 1753. (See also No. 30, p. 433.)
2 3 7 . R e c a p t u e e o f P e a g u e . N ov. 1 7 4 4 .
Bust of Prince Charles of Lorraine, three-quarters, I., head
facing, hair long, in armour, ermine mantle, and badge of the
Order of the Golden Fleece. Leg. cab : l o t : p b i * p e b f id l®
v in d e x . On a band below, n a tu s d e c x i i . mdccxit. (Charles,
Prince of Lorraine, Avenger of perfidy, born 12 Dec. 1712.)
On truncation, i. k ib e . f .
Rev. View of Prague, cavalry entering the city; soldiers
flying from the citadel upon a high mound. Leg. su b s id io
b b it a n n l e . (By the assistance of Britain.) Ex. pea g a b e c u -
p e e a t a no 26 m dc c x l iv . (Prague recovered, 26 Nov. 1744.)
I . KIEK . F.
1'7. (See Woodcut.)
237. Recapture of Prague.
MB. M. Haggard, M. Not rare.
Whilst the Prince of Lorraine was struggling against the
powerful armies of France in Alsace, Frederick of Prussia, in
spite of the Treaty of Breslau, which he had concluded with
Maria Theresa in June, 1742, marched into Bohemia and made
himself master of Prague. On receipt of this intelligence
Charles hastily returned, and compelled Frederick to evacuate
Bohemia, as speedily as he had overrun it. In the recapture
of Prague the Austrian Hussars rushed'into the city, and made
a vigorous and successful onslaught upon the retreating Prussians,
as represented on this and the following medals. The
assistance' of Britain alluded to consisted of large subsidies
granted to the general cause of the Queen of Hungary, not
specifically to the proceedings at Prague.