St. James's Auctions Ltd > Auction 85Auction date: 3 February 2024
Lot number: 265

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Jacobite interest: Treaty of Ryswick and the "Fortunes of Prince James", 1697, small bronze medal, by N. Roettier, young bust l., rev. radiant sun, partially eclipsed, shines over a calm sea, CLARIORE E TENEBRIS, 25.5mm. (MI 193/501; Woolf 14:3; Eimer 374), very fine; Vatican, Benedict XIV (1740-1758), Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, Memorial to Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702-1735), wife of James [III], the Old Pretender, copper medal, 1743 (Year 3), by Ottone Hamerani, bust of Pope right, in cap and cope, rev. the monument in the Vatican, 34.5mm. (MI.570/204; Woolf 45:2; Eimer 570; Lincoln 1812), nearly extremely fine (2)
The monument, designed by Filippo Barigioni, was erected in the Vatican eight years after her death, at the expense of the Reverenda Fabbrica di S. Pietro. The figures were sculpted by Pietro Bracchi; the mosaic by Pietro Paolo Cristofari based on an oil painting by Ignaz Stern, whilst the gold decoration was the work of Francesco Giardoni.

Estimate: 100 - 140 GBP

Match 1:
London Coins Ltd. > Auction 184Auction date: 2 March 2024
Lot number: 884

Price realized: 15 GBP   (Approx. 19 USD / 18 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


William III Treaty of Ryswick, Fortunes of Prince James 1697 25mm diameter in bronze by N. Roettier, Obverse: Bust left IAC. WALLIAE PRINCEPS, Reverse: A Radiate Sun, Partially eclipsed, above a calm sea CLARIOR . E . TENEBRIS 1697 in exergue, Eimer 374 About Fine, Treaty of Ryswick, Fortunes of Prince James 1697 25mm diameter in bronze by N. Roettier Obverse: Bust left IAC. WALLIAE PRINCEPS, Reverse: A mine exploding within a confined fortification QVO . COMPRESSA . MAGIS Fine, pitted

Estimate: 20-40 GBP

Starting price: 20 GBP

Match 2:
Spink > Auction 394Auction date: 31 January 2024
Lot number: 204

Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 92 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


England. William III (1694-1702). Treaty of Ryswick - Fortunes of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 1697. Medal. Bronze, 25mm. By N. Roettier. Young bust left of the old pretender; IAC: WALLIAE PRINCEPS, rev. Radiant sun rising above a calm sea; OMNIA. FACIT. IPSE. SERENA ("He makes all things serene"). Eimer 376; MI ii 194/503; v. Loon IV, 247. Good Very Fine..

Estimate: $75 - $125