Elizabeth of York (1466-1503)

Elizabeth of York (1466-1503), Queen of England, silver medal of German manufacture, by Loos, bust three-quarters left wearing embroidered dress, headdress and ornate necklace, ELIS EBOR HENRICI VIIREG ANG, rev., the two roses of York and Lancaster, entwined, HINC NOSTRÆ CREVERE ROSÆ, 39mm (MI 22/5; Eim 24). Extremely fine, toned.

This attractive medal was commissioned by Mr Thane, a collector who felt that Elizabeth of York deserved a place in Dassier's series of English Sovereigns.

Elizabeth of York was the oldest daughter of Edward IV and her marriage to Henry VII in 1483, ended the Wars of the Roses by joining the houses of York and Lancaster.

It was struck in the early years of the 19th Century and the obverse portrait is after Holbein.

Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 4 October, 2004 (lot 931).