Ambrose Dudley (c. 1528/30-1590)

Ambrose Dudley (c. 1528/30-1590), Third Earl of Warwick, silver counter, 1588, a bear muzzled and chained stands by tree stump, OMNIA TEMPVS HABENT, rev., a crowned lion passant, OMNIA TEMPVS HABENT, 25.5mm (MI 151/125). Good very fine and extremely rare.

Ambrose Dudley was the eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland and brother of Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (for whom a somewhat similar counter is known (MI 152/126).

Provenance: Glendining Auction, 24 June 1998 (lot 576). The Falkiner Index records a second specimen, Christie's, 4 April, 1967 (lot 140, pt)