Eimer Plate Medal

CNG 87, Lot: 2160. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREAT BRITAIN. Anne. 1702-1714. AR Medal (43mm, 30.39 g, 12h). Attempted invasion of Scotland. By M. Brunner. Dated 1708. ANNA · D : G : MAG : BR : FRA : ET · HIB : REGINA ·, laureate and draped bust left, wearing necklace / · INIMICVS ODOR APPETITV FORTIOR · (an unpleasant odor is stronger than the appetite), an ass (France), about to feed upon a thistle (Scotland), is driven away by a rose (England) held by a female figure crouching left; in four lines in exergue, GALLI SCOTIAM AGGRESSVRI/SOLO ANGLORVM ASPEC=/TV FVGANTVR·/1708· (the French, about to invade Scotland, are thwarted at the mere sight of the British). MI 321/146; Eimer 428 (this medal illustrated). EF, lustrous, some light surface marks. Rare.