Stock No. 1695	William & Mary medal. Security of Britain restored
Rare and beautifully executed William and Mary bronze medal. Struck at Nuremburg by Philipp Heinrich Muller in about May 1689. Obverse: Conjoined busts of William and Mary looking right. William is laureate with hair very long, wearing a cravat, armour and George of the Garter suspended on ribbon. Mary is in a lace gown and pearl necklace. Legend: GVILIEMVS ET MARIA REX ET REGINA BRITANNIAE. Below: P. H. M. (for Philipp Heinrich Muller). Reverse: Britannia is seated, left, on a rock beneath a united rose and orange tree, amid whose branches is a crown. She is holding a cross, scales, cornucopia and staff with the cap of Liberty and is trampling upon emblems of tyranny and anarchy. Behind Britannia is a prow and her shield. Legend: AUREA FLORIGERIS SUCCRESCUNT POMA ROSETIS. (Oranges grow upon flower-bearing rose trees). Exergue: SECURITAS BRITANNIAE RESTITUTA. 1689. (The security of Britain restored, 1689.) P. H. M. Philipp Heinrich Muller.) Edge: EXTERNO MALE PRESSA IUGO BRITANNIA PRIDEM, IN PRISCAS ITERUM RESPIRAT LIBERA LEGES. (Britain, severely opressed of late by a foreign yoke, again breathes free under her ancient laws.) F. K. (Friedrich Kleinert.) See Medallic Illustrations, vol. I, p.681/60. Maker :- Philipp Heinrich Muller

Condition :-Extremely Fine
Circa :- 1689
Size :- 2.15 inches (54.6 mm)
The reverse of this delightful medal is emblematic of the state of Britain who is shown to be seated in repose under the protection of William and Mary. This medal is one of a large series issued in Nuremberg by Friedrich Kleinert around the time of the coronation and just after. Kleinert employed a number of foreign, as well as native, medallists and although the medals in this series had varying subjects, they were all intent on boosting William's popularity as the new King of England.

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