DORSET TOKENS AND MEDALS. 9! 



in 1664 for thirty hearths, almost a palace in those days. After a 

 life devoted to physical science and theology he died in 1691, 

 having by Will provided for the establishment of a free school at 

 Yetminster, where a portrait of the founder was, and perhaps still 

 is, to be seen in the school-house. 



29. obv : Portrait to the right " Jacobus Dux Monumet : fid : 



et libert : defensor." (Plate III., obv. only.) 

 rev : A Roman soldier trying to open a lion's jaws. " Parum 



successit, Feci sedulo. MDCLXXXV." 

 Silver and pewter : size, i-9in. By J. Smeltzing of Leyden. 



30. obv: Bust of James II. upon an altar on which four 



sceptres lie. In front, the Royal Arms crowned. 

 " Aras et sceptra tuemur. 1685," Around are the 

 king's titles. In the distance are ships and 

 Neptune. (R. A. Fee.) 



rev : Justice, on a pedestal inscribed " Ambitio malesuada 

 ruit," weighs three crowns against the emblems of 

 rebellion. At her feet, the headless bodies of 

 Monmouth and Argyle. " Jacobus de Mont- 

 mout " etc. upon two blocks. Troops fleeing 

 from Sedgmoor. Two heads on pikes above a 

 fortress. (Plate II.) 



Silver : size, 2-4in. By R. Arondeaux, a talented French 

 artist. 



Nos. 29 and 30 illustrate the closing of one of the saddest 

 chapters of Dorset history. The former medal was obviously 

 struck by those who sympathised with Monmouth, the latter by 

 the supporters of the status quo. There are four other medals 

 referring to the events of 1685 which are set out in Messrs. 

 Franks and Grueber's " Medallic Illustrations," to whose work I 

 am indebted for some particulars. 



31. obv : Portrait, three quarters face. " Johan. Churc. Dux 



Marlb." (J. D) 



rev : Victory standing amidst arms and flags. " Ubi aderat 

 ibi Victoria." In ex : " ob. 27. Jun. 1722. nat. 

 ann. 74." 



