256, Lot: 923. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. Æ Medal (45mm, 34.17 g, 12h). Spanish Fleet Destroyed off Cape Passaro. By J. Crocker. Dated 1718. GEORGIVS · D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET · HIB : REX · F : D ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / SOCIORVM PROTECTOR · (the protector of his allies), statue of George (as Neptune) left upon rostral column among captured naval trophies; CLASSE · HISP · DELECTA ·/AD · ORAS · SICILIÆ ·/1718 (the Spanish fleet destroyed off the coast of Sicily) in three lines in exergue. MI 439/42; Eimer 481. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.