1689 Crown offered to William 61mm pewter medal MI 657/17 E306 EF

Obverse: William III, laureate, hair long, in armour with straps on the shoulder, and mantle around the breast.

Reverse: England, Scotland and Ireland kneeling and holding the British shield, receive a cap of liberty from William III, in Roman costume armed with a spear, broken yokes strew the ground. Legend: VENI, VICI, LIBERTATUM REDDIDI (I came, I conquered, I restored liberty).

The footnote in Medallic Illustrations records that, when offered the Crown by the Convention, on 23 February, 1689, William rejected the idea of conquest [VICI], his intentions being only to preserve the religion, laws and liberties of the three kingdoms.

Medal used the old date system.

Pewter, slight curvature to the flan.

Struck in Holland by Anton Meybusch

61mm

ex Noël Woolf Collection, Glendining’s, 4 November 1992, lot 30