Princess Matilda and the Electress Sophia (1630-1714) and the Protestant succession

Princess Matilda and the Electress Sophia (1630-1714) and the Protestant succession, silver medal, 1701, by Samuel Lambelet, bust of Princess Matilda [daughter of Henry II] to right, legend in two lines around, MATILDAN FILIA H II R ANGL ..., rev., bust of Princess Sophia [granddaughter of James I] to right, legend in two lines around, SOPHIA EX STIRPE ..., 65mm (MI 218/542; Brockm 752; Stemper 197). Good very fine.

The medal was struck to demonstrate how, following the lack of male heirs by either Queen Mary or Queen Anne, the Protestant line would succeed to the English throne, from the descendants of these two princesses, as indeed happened in 1714.

Provenance: Sincona Auction, 27-29 May, 2013 (lot 947).