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Offa, King of Mercia

by Unknown artist
silver penny, circa 796
NPG 4152

King Alfred ('The Great')

by Unknown artist
silver penny, circa 887
NPG 4269

King Edward

by Manwine, from a die attributed to Theodoric
silver penny, 1065
NPG 4048

King Edward

by Iocetel, from a die attributed to Theodoric
silver penny, 1065
NPG 4049

King Harold II (Harold Godwineson)

after an original by Theodoric
silver penny, based on a work of 1066
NPG 4050

King William I ('The Conqueror')

after an original by Theodoric
silver penny, based on a work of 1068
NPG 4051

King William I ('The Conqueror')

after an original by Theodoric
silver penny, based on a work of 1068-1071
NPG 4052

Sir Thomas Lovell

after Pietro Torrigiano
plaster cast of relief, early 20th century, based on a work of circa 1518
NPG 1565

Sir John Cheke

after a medal attributed to Lodovico Leoni
electrotype of medal, 20th century, based on a work of circa 1555
NPG 1988

Queen Mary I

after Jacopo da Trezzo
gilt electrotype of medal, 19th century, based on a work of circa 1555
NPG 446(1)

Philip II, King of Spain

after Jacopo da Trezzo
gilt electrotype of medal, 19th century, based on a work of circa 1555
NPG 446(2)

Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon

after Pastorino de Pastorini
plaster cast of lead medal, 20th century, based on a work of circa 1556
NPG 2085a

Queen Elizabeth I

by Steven van Herwijck
lead medal, 1565
NPG 4294

Queen Elizabeth I

by Unknown artist
electrotype of a so-called pattern for a sovereign, 19th century, based on a work from the late 16th century
NPG 446

Mary, Queen of Scots

after Jacopo Primavera
electrotype of medal, 20th century, based on a work from the late 16th century
NPG 1918

Mary, Queen of Scots

after a medal by Unknown artist, after a medal by Jacopo Primavera
electrotype of medal, 18th century, based on a work from the late 16th century
NPG 96a

Hubert Le Sueur

after a medal attributed to Claude Warin
electrotype of medal, based on a work of 1635
NPG 939

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

by Unknown artist
silver badge, circa 1643
NPG 4359

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

by Thomas Simon
gold medal, 1645
NPG 4624

Sir John Hotham, 1st Bt

by Thomas Simon
silver medal, 1645
NPG 4364

Henry Scobell

by Thomas Simon
gold medal, 1649
NPG 4363

John Lilburne

by Unknown artist
silver medal, 1649
NPG 5765

Oliver Cromwell ('The Dunbar Medal')

by Thomas Simon
silver medal, 1650
NPG 4365

Oliver Cromwell

after Thomas Simon
electrotype of medal, 1885, based on a work of 1650
NPG 747

Oliver Cromwell

after a medal by Thomas Simon
electrotype of medal, 1908, based on a work of circa 1651
NPG 1486

Oliver Cromwell ('The Lord Protector Medal')

by Thomas Simon
silver medal, 1653
NPG 4366

Oliver Cromwell

by Peter Blondeau, after an original by Thomas Simon
gold broad, 1656
NPG 4068

King Charles II

by John Roettier
silver medal, 1660
NPG 6076

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

by Thomas Simon
silver medal, 1662
NPG 4361

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton

by Thomas Simon
silver medal, 1664
NPG 4360

Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox

cast of a medal by John Roettier
silver medal, 19th century, based on a work of circa 1667
NPG 1681

John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale

by John Roettier
silver medal, 1672
NPG 4362

The Seven Bishops committed to the Tower in 1688

by George Bower
silver medal, 1688
NPG 152a

Maria Clementina Sobieska

by Otto Hamerani
bronze medal, 1719
NPG 1686

Susannah Maria Cibber (née Arne)

by Unknown artist
ivory medallion, circa 1729
NPG 1984

John Ray

attributed to George Daniel Gaab
bronze medal, mid 18th century
NPG 6077

Martin Folkes

by Jacques Antoine Dassier
bronze medal, 1740
NPG 5757

Alexander Pope

by Jacques Antoine Dassier
bronze medal, 1741
NPG 6236

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich

by Jacques Antoine Dassier
bronze medal, 1743
NPG 6232

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath

by Jacques Antoine Dassier
bronze medal, 1744
NPG 6233

Sir John Barnard

by Jacques Antoine Dassier
bronze medal, 1744
NPG 6234

Edmond Halley

by Jacques Antoine Dassier
bronze medal, 1744
NPG 6235

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

attributed to Thomas Pingo Jr
bronze medal, circa 1745-1750
NPG 1052

James Thomson

by Unknown artist
marble relief, after 1748
NPG 4896

Henry Seymour Conway

by Isaac Gosset
wax medallion, 1760
NPG 1757

Robert Clive

by John van Nost the Younger, and 'C.G.'
silver medal, 1766
NPG 1688

John Wilkes

by Unknown artist
silver medal, 1768
NPG 1702

William Beckford

by John Kirk
bronze medal, 1770
NPG 5758

Thomas Snelling

by Lewis Pingo
bronze medal, 1773
NPG 6078

Lord George Gordon

by James Tassie
glass intaglio, 1781
NPG 4603

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield

by Jean-Pierre Droz
bronze medal, 1787
NPG 6079

Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York

by Gioacchimo Hamerani
silver medal, 1788
NPG 2784

John Paul Jones

by Augustin Dupré, after a bust by Jean Antoine Houdon
bronze medal, 1789
NPG 4022

Anne Flaxman (née Denman)

by John Flaxman
plaster cast of medallion, circa 1790-1795
NPG 2488

David Hume

by James Tassie
glass paste medallion, circa 1791
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4897

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan

by John De Vaere
Wedgwood medallion, 1798
NPG 6270

James Watt

by Peter Rouw
wax medallion, 1802
NPG 183

Joseph Priestley

by Phipson
white metal medal, 1804
NPG 175a

Joseph Priestley

by Thomas Halliday
bronze medal, 1804
NPG 175b

Francis Horner

by John Henning
wax medallion, 1806
NPG 2678