Bust of George II., I., laureate, hair long, in armour and
mantle. Leg. geobgius . i i . d . g . mag . b e . f e . e t . h ib .
EEX. Below, J . DASSIEE F.
Rev. A monument, the base decorated with a skull, encircled
by rose and thistle branches, and inscribed, natus : 10 nov :
1683 coe : 22 . oct : 1727 o b iit 25 oct : 1760. On the
base is seated Victory amidst a pile of arms and standards, and
inscribing a shield with the names of the four continents, asia
afeica ame ei e u e . Behind her rises a pyramid decorated with
laurels and a medallion of gu : p it t dictatob., from before
which Fame is removing a curtain. Leg. te iumpha u b iq u e .
(Triumphs everywhere.) Ex. i. d . f . (J. Dassier fecit.)
1‘65. (See Woodcut.)
454. Death of George II.
MB. M. Rare.
The obverse is the same as on the dedication medal of the
Dassier series, published in 1731. (See No. 48, p. 498.) The
reverse was added after the King’s death, and intimates that his
arms had triumphed in every quarter of the globe, and under
the direction of Pitt, whose authority was almost equivalent to
that of a Roman Dictator, and who, like that officer, had been
called to guide the helm at a time of extraordinary difficulties.
AP PENDI X .
1. Ch ie f J u st ic e Gascoigne. Died, 1419.
“ There is a medal struck in commemoration thereof (the
rebuke of Chief Justice Gascoigne to Prince Henry), an impression
of which I have seen. It is not so broad as a guinea,
has his name written round it in the old English characters,
with the image of himself, I suppose, sitting on a bench by
another person, and reading to three auditors before him.”
(Oldys, British Librarian, Loud. 1738, p. 267.) After remarking
upon the various modes of spelling the name, Oldys says,
“ It is upon the said medal, Sir Wylliam de Gasquone, as I
remember.”
No such medal is known. A writer in the Gentleman’s
Magazine (1781, p. 623) states, on the authority of Dr. Ducarel,
that Oldys had only seen an impression of the medal in a MS.
volume of pedigrees belonging to the Wentworth family. On
referring to the life of Gascoigne, in the Biographia Britannica,
p. 2150, it will be seen at once that a seal of Sir William
Gascoigne there described has been mistaken by Oldys for a
medal.
2. Ma u e ic e , P e in c e of Oea n ge. 1616.
Bust of Prince Maurice, three-quarters, r., in lace ruff,
decorated armour, lace scarf across the body, and riband for
medal. Leg. il l . e t exc : p b : maueitius ph i : aue : co :
nab : cat : mu . L : b : b e : d i : ge : etc maec . ve . vl : bu e :