CNG 85, Lot: 1587. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. François-Eugène de Savoie. 1663-1736. AR Medal (37mm, 20.42 g, 12h). Battle of Blenheim. By G. Hautsch. Dated 1704. EVGENIVS FRANC · DVX SAB · CÆS · EXER · GENER · COMM ·, armored bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece; star on truncation of arm / GENII VIRTVTE BONI · II · REG · 19 ·, Angel flying right over battlefield, wielding flaming sword and destroying army of Sennacherib; GALLIS BAVARISQ · CÆSIS/TALLARDO CUM X · MILI/AD HOCHSTAD · CAPT/1704 · in four lines in exergue. Edge: + GLORIA AD TIBISCVM HVNGARIÆ PARTA · RENOVATVR AD DANVBIVM GERMANIÆ ·. MI 258/53; Eimer 408. EF, attractively toned. Rare.

From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.