CNG 87, Lot: 2157. Estimate $500. Sold for $655. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREAT BRITAIN. Anne. 1702-1714. AR Medal (40mm, 26.13 g, 12h). Expedition to Vigo Bay. Dated 1702. SPES ET VIRES HOSTIUM FRACTAE (the hope and forces of the enemy have been broken), Victory standing right, creating naval trophy; military implements around; in three lines in exergue, INCENSA GALLOR CLASSE · HISPAN · OPES AMERIC · INTERCEPT · (while the French fleet burns, the Spanish treasures from America are seized) / ANGLORVM ET BATAVORVM VIRTVTE (through the valor of the English and Dutch), map of the fortifications at and around Vigo; naval engagement below; in three lines in exergue, AD VIGOS PORT ·/GALLICIAE ·/1702 · (at Vigo, a port of Gallicia). MI 238/22; Eimer 394. Good VF. Rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.