拍品 52
52
Prince James, 1697, Silver, 44 mm, by N. Roettier, bust of Prince James left, rev., a ship being violently tossed about in a storm, IACTAVR NON MERGITVR VNDIS (IT IS TOSSED, NOT SUNK IN THE WAVES) (MI ii, 192/500), very fine, rare
Prince James, 1697, Silver, 44 mm, by N. Roettier, bust of Prince James left, rev., a ship being violently tossed about in a storm, IACTAVR NON MERGITVR VNDIS (IT IS TOSSED, NOT SUNK IN THE WAVES) (MI ii, 192/500), very fine, rare

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Prince James, 1697, Silver, 44 mm, by N. Roettier, bust of Prince James left, rev., a ship being violently tossed about in a storm, IACTAVR NON MERGITVR VNDIS (IT IS TOSSED, NOT SUNK IN THE WAVES) (MI ii, 192/500), very fine, rare
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Struck following the Treaty of Ryswick, at which Louis XIV deserted the Jacobite cause, legitamising William and Mary's succession in England. The ship symbolises that the cause has suffered a set back but not all has been lost, it further serves to assert the legitimacy of James's son, the Old Pretender.