Thomas Wriothesley

Thomas Wriothesley, (1607-1667), 4th Earl of Southampton, Lord High Treasurer, 1660-1667, cast silver medal, by Abraham and Thomas Simon, 1664, bust left wearing cap and gown, his hair over his collar, the field slightly stippled, rev., THOMAS COMES SOVTHAMPTONÆ SVMNVS ANGLIÆ THESAVRARIVS, ..., 41.5mm (MI 502/137; Eim. 227: H & P pl 30, 4; Platt II, 326, this specimen illustrated; Rosenheim 611, this piece). An excellent cast portrait, but a casting flaw in the flan to the left (between 9 and 10 o'clock), extremely rare.

Provenance: Bt. D. Fearon, 2003; ex Morton & Eden, 21 May, 2003 (lot 1199); ex "English Collector" Glendining Auction, 16 March 1989 (lot 195); ex Rosenheim Collection, Sotheby, 3 May, 1923 (lot 611, "the metal has failed in the field").