John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun
Inscription
Silver, cast, 36.2 mm Ø, 13.1 g
By Abraham Simon, 1645.
Obverse: Bust of John Campbell facing left with long hair, wearing cap, broad falling collar, and buttoned doublet. On shoulder truncation, A · S · (Abraham Simon).
Reverse: Inscription in five lines: · IOHAN : · / COM : LOVDOVN · / SVMMVS · SCOTIÆ / CANCELLARIVS / · 1645 · (John, Earl of Loudoun, Lord Chancellor of Scotland).
John Campbell (1598-1663), 1st Earl of Loudoun, was Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1641-1660. He had earlier been imprisoned and sentenced to death by Charles I for his involvment with the Covenanters, but was pardoned. During the English Civil War he sought to mediate between Charles and Parliament, and was present at the coronation of Charles II as King of Scotland in 1650.
Published:
Illustrated in Eimer 2010, pl. 17, no. 148.
Provenance:
Dix Noonan Webb 186 (London), 21 January 2021, lot 1183 [Marvin Lessen collection].
Woolley & Wallis (Salisbury), 16 October 2014, lot 276 [Christopher Foley collection].
Morton & Eden 4 (London), 21 May 2003, lot 1153.
References:
Hawkins 1885, vol. I, p. 321, no. 157
Eimer 2010, no. 148
Platt and Platt 2013, vol. II, p. 63, type A