CNG 84, Lot: 1790. Estimate $300. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Fernando VII. King of Spain, 1808-1833. AR Medal (41mm, 41.02 g, 12h). Commemorating the Election of Antonio Bergosa y Jordán, Bishop of Antequera in Oaxaca, as Archbishop of Mexico. F. Gordillo, engraver. Dated 1814. Laureate head right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece; date below / Crowned royal coat-of-arms of Spain surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece and set in ornate frame, all set on two hemispheres, supported by Mars, who spears French eagle below him, and Indian with cornucopia and fallen French banner at feet; to left of Mars, lion left with head right; name of engraver in exergue. La Real Academia de Historia, “Inventario de las medalles Españolas,” Boletín de la Real Academia de Historia 47 (1905), 307. Near EF, hairlines under tone, traces of having been in a bezel.