The Beheading of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth

Triton XVII, Lot: 1529. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. James II. 1685-1688. AR Medal (38mm, 27.52 g, 12h). Commemorating the Beheading of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, 15/25 July 1685. Of Dutch manufacture. [By J. Smeltzing]. (star) IACOBUS INFELIX DUX MONUMETHENSIS, head of Duke of Monmouth right / HUNC SANGUINEM LIBO DEO LIBERATORI, severed head head of Duke of Monmouth left on ground; three fountains of blood spouting from open mouth; CÆSA CERVIXLON:/JULY 15/25 1685. in two lines in exergue. Van Loon III 307; MI 615/26; Eimer 280. EF, toned.

From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection.