Philip II of Spain and King of England

Philip II of Spain and King of England, Military Reward, cast bronze medal, 1556, by Gianpaolo Poggini, (c.1518-1580), bearded bust left, wearing armour and small ruff collar, PHILIPPVS DG HISPANIARVM ET ANGLIÆ REX, rev., a pelican pecks her breast to feed her young with her blood, tablet below inscribed, D PRO LEGE REGE ET GREGE, within ornamental border, 39mm (MI 80/37; vL I, 10; Attwood -). A contemporary cast with light chasing to obverse, very fine and extremely rare.

Provenance: Bt. D. Fearon, October 2010.