256, Lot: 941. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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temp. HANOVER. Æ Medal (54mm, 70.36 g, 12h). Plymouth Dockyard Renamed Devonport. By T. Halliday. Dated 1824
in Roman numerals. FORTUS ET ARA TUIS (
a harbor and shrine for your people), Neptune standing facing in marine car drawn by two sea horses, holding trident and pointing toward dockyard; above, Fame flying and announcing the arrival / Legend in twelve lines. BHM 1244; Eimer 1175. Good VF, brown patina, a few marks.
From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.