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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 3758359, member: 5682&quot;]Great gold coin (guinea) of James II.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the last few years, I&#039;ve focused my amateur studies on the &quot;Glorious Revolution&quot; and the intense English / British politics of that era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to clarify what you wrote, it was James II&#039;s son, James III (1688-1766), who was the Old Pretender.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was James III&#039;s son, Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), who was the Young Pretender. Charles was also known in history as Bonnie Prince Charlie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the children of James III (the Old Pretender) on the obverse sides of one of my favorite medals:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007202[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is an image of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender).</p><p>The Latin inscription &quot;Micat inter omnes&quot; (which comes from Horace&#039;s &quot;Odes&quot;) could be read as &quot;He shines in the mist of all.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been suggested that the star in this coin&#039;s field could represent Caesar&#039;s Comet. This bright comet occurred during Caesar&#039;s funerary festival and became a very convenient piece of propaganda for Augustus. It would be hoped that Charles (the Young Pretender) would bring, like Caesar, peace and stability to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, this star could even represent the famous Star of Bethlehem, suggesting an almost messianic entitlement to the throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007203[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is an image of James III&#039;s younger second son, Prince Henry. The inscription &quot;Alter ab illo&quot; means &quot;The next after him.&quot; This second heir would solidify and secure the Stuart succession.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good stuff. I love the English / British history and numismatics of this period (1688-1837). There are so many rich allusions to the ancients during this time. Without knowing ancient history, one would miss the significance of a lot of the literature and numismatics of that time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IQr3AQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA91&amp;lpg=PA91&amp;dq=Micat+inter+omnes&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=mhVnr9NC3h&amp;sig=ACfU3U2IPva6iP-wxGFeishjt7rJXu4z3g&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiQ-ISYwJDlAhUBL30KHenRDi0Q6AEwCXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Micat%20inter%20omnes&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IQr3AQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA91&amp;lpg=PA91&amp;dq=Micat+inter+omnes&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=mhVnr9NC3h&amp;sig=ACfU3U2IPva6iP-wxGFeishjt7rJXu4z3g&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiQ-ISYwJDlAhUBL30KHenRDi0Q6AEwCXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Micat%20inter%20omnes&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=IQr3AQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA91&amp;lpg=PA91&amp;dq=Micat+inter+omnes&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=mhVnr9NC3h&amp;sig=ACfU3U2IPva6iP-wxGFeishjt7rJXu4z3g&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiQ-ISYwJDlAhUBL30KHenRDi0Q6AEwCXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Micat inter omnes&amp;f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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