285, Lot: 527. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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temp. HANOVER. Charles Edward Stuart ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ (the Young Pretender). As Prince of Wales
in pretence, 1701-1766. AR Medal (30mm, 8.39 g, 30h). Expected Arrival of the Young Pretender. Possibly T. Pingo or C. N. Roettiers. Dated 1745, though likely struck 1748. CAROLUS WALLIÆ PRINCEPS, bare head right; 1745 / AMOR ET SPES (
love and hope), Britannia standing left on seashore, holding spear and Union shield; at a distance to left, approaching fleet of ships under sail right; globe to right; BRITANNIA in exergue. MI 600/252; Eimer 595b; Woolf 59:2. Good VF, toned. Rare.