Medal minted to commemorate the escape of Princess Clementine from custody at Ambras Castle on the Inn (Innsbruck) to Rome in 1719, by Otto Hamerani, signed under the bust.
Piece with nice medal mirror.
Relief high, rubbed on upper parts.
Dark patina.
Obverse: bust of princess to left, below signature OTTO-HAMERANI-F-, CLEMENTINA - M - BRITAN - - FR - ET - HIB - REGINA -.
Reverse: princess in a two-horse chariot to the left, in the background to the left visible Trajan's column and the Colosseum towards which the ship is sailing, to the right the rising sun, FORTVNAM - CAVSAMQVE - SEQVOR, in section DECEPTIS - CVSTODIBVS - / -MDCCXIX-.
Silver, diameter 48.0 mm, weight 50.11 g
Clementine was the granddaughter of King John III and the wife of James Stuart, a pretender to the English throne, was arrested by Emperor Charles VI and imprisoned in Ambras Castle on the Inn because the emperor was opposed to the Sobieski family's marriage plans. After her successful escape to her fiancé, Pope Clement XI ordered the minting of a propaganda medal to help the Catholic Stuarts win the British throne.
