CNG 87, Lot: 2161. Estimate $4000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GREAT BRITAIN. Anne. 1702-1714. AV Medal (59mm, 72.28 g, 12h). Peace of Utrecht. By J. Croker. Dated 1713
in Roman numerals. · ANNA · D : G : MAG : BRI : FR : ET · HIB : REG :, laureate, draped, and mantled bust left / COMPOSITIS · VENERAN TVR · ARMIS · (
[peace] they honor by laying aside their arms), Britannia seated slightly left upon hilltop, holding olive branch and spear; Union shield to right; in background to left, three ships under sail right on sea; to right, another ship under sail right on sea and men plowing and sowing seeds; MDCCXIII in exergue. MI 399/256; Eimer 458. EF, lustrous, a few light marks. Very rare.
From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.