ment lying prostrate. At her side the British lion, recumbent.
Behind, a large crowned urn, beside which a broken
vase. Above, the sun concealed by a cloud. Inscription,
at left : DIED NOV. VI MDCCCXVII Exergue :
WEEP BRITAIN THOU HAST LOST | « THE EXPECT
ANGY AND ROSE» | OFTHE FAIR STATE(i).
Below, at sides : MUDIÉ D. — MILLS F.
Silver, bronze. 5o mm. Edges lined. Ib id ., No. VII.
In the Boston Collection.
15. Obverse as that of to No. i .
Reverse. A sarcophagus. Inscription : SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF CH.4.RLOTTA AUGUSTA.
Exergue: BORN JAN. 7. 1796. MAR. TO LEO. OF
SAXE COBOURG MAY 2. 1816. DIED NOV. 6. 1817.
T. J. D. J. M. F.
Bronze. 5a mm. Numismatic Circular, Sept., 1905,
p. 8619, No. 19928.
16. Besides the above medals there is another, apparently
very rare, which after much search has thus far
eluded me. It is by Avern, an English medallist, of whose
work Mr. L. Forrer only mentions two examples, the
medals of Izaak Walton the angler and Charles Colton
his historian (2). To which of my groups it belongs, Ido
not yet know. The medal was offered in Brussels (3),
hut like Nos 1, 5 , 6, 7, and i 5, it escaped my quick pursuit.
In this respect American collectors are at great
disadvantage as compared with their British and continental
competitors. They are often unable to receive the
catalogues of European dealers until perhaps the day
that the public allotment takes place.
(i) S h a k e s p e a r e ’s Hamlet, Act III, Scene I.
y2) Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, vol. I, p. 38.
(3) D u p r ie z . Catalogue, 9 May, 1902, No. 525.
All of the Charlotte medals,' without exception, seem
to be of British origin. Not a single memento of the
deceased princess appears to have been struck in Bel-
glurp. I should he very glad to find that upon this point
I have been mistaken.
The rarity of some of these medals may be judged by
the fact that I have long bad orders with several of the
European dealers to procure for me any of the series
that might come within their knowledge.
The medals that were described by Mr. F. Alvin are
Nos. 4 and 8.
My own first contribution added two, Nos. 9 and 10.
My second publication comprized three more, Nos. 12,
i 3 , and i4-
Those now added are Nos. r, 2, 3, 5 , 6, 7, 11, i 5,
and 16.
I have hoped for a long time that Mr. Alvin, either
alone or in conjunction with Mr. E. Vanden Broeck of
Brussels, who possesses several of the Charlotte medals,
might take up the enumeration where I had left it, but
in this I have been disappointed. I shall be delighted if
they will now consent to continue the research still
further.
Newport, Rhode Island,
U. S. A.
H o r a t io R S t o r e r .