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Description: | British Historical Medals from AD 1524 - 1678.
Features: Many Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I, James VI / I, Lady Arabella Stewart, Charles I & II, the birth of Princes Charles and James, the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria, various Commonwealth medals, Oliver Cromwell, the execution of Marquess of Montrose, and the battle of Dunbar.
Also Margaret Cary, Richard Weston, Endymion Porter, Sir William Ducy, William of Orange to Princess Mary, the Scottish Rebellion, Peace or War, Sir Thomas Fairfax, Prince Rupert, the peace of Breda, Charles and Catherine, the Duke of York, British colonisation, the Duke of Lauderdale, murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.
Includes some counters and coin patterns (plus a few later-date medals commemorating earlier persons).
Gold, gilt, silver, pewter and bronze.
From the original collection of Dr. William Hunter. | Subjects: | History; Military; Numismatics | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | From the original collection of Dr. William Hunter. | Identifier: | H-601 |
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