CNG 85, Lot: 1577. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (ORANGE). William III. 1688-1702. AR Medal (48mm, 51.96 g, 12h). Coronation of William III. By J. Smeltzing. Dated 1689. (rosette) GULIELM : III D · G · BRITANN : R · RELIG : LIBERTATISQ : RESTITUT ·, laureate head right / ITE MISSA EST, British coat-of-arms suspended from orange tree, entwined with rose and thistle; from clouds above, lightning directed toward James II, fleeing to left, and Father Petre, carrying pyx and prince James and fleeing to right; INAUGURATIS MAIESTATIBUS/EIECTO PAPATU/EXPULSA TYRANNIDE/BRITANNIA FELIX/1689 in four lines in exergue. MI 671/43; Eimer -. Near EF, lightly toned, underlying luster. Very rare.

From a California Collection of British Historical Medals. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular (June 2005), no. 930.