The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 551
The Congress of the Allies
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £800
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Description
The Congress of the Allies, German silver medal, by Philipp Heinrich Müller, William III as Jupiter seated in the midst of the Gods, in council, INGENTES ANIMO, DIGNAS IOVE CONCIPIT IRAS / CONCILIUMQVE VOCAT, rev., Prudence stands by altar over which Courage and Concord clasp hands, CONSILIO CONCORDIA ET FORTITVDINE, lettered edge by Friedrich Kleinert, with chronogrammatic date, REX REGVM …, 49.5mm (MI 16/182; Eim. 334; vL IV, 41; Forster 672). Extremely fine and toned.
William, who had celebrated his "Triumphal Return" to the Hague, met with European Princes to discuss the proceedings to be taken against Louis XIV. The medal also exists as a wooden draughtsman.
Provenance: Leipziger Münzhandlung Auction, 16 September, 2012 (lot 1116).