CNG 88, Lot: 2116. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. AR Medal (63mm, 106.60 g, 12h). The Restoration. By J. Roettier. Struck 1660. AVGVSTISS · CAROLO · SECVNDO · P · P ·, draped and armored bust right / NVLLVM · NVMEN ABEST (
no deity is absent –adapted from Juvenal), Hercules, Minerva, Prudence, Peace, and Mercury gathering around an altar surmounted by shield bearing figure of Britannia; in foreground, Plenty reclining right, with elbow resting upon cornucopia; above, rays emanating from heaven; BRITANNIA in exergue. MI 460/54; Eimer 214. Near EF, toned, a few light marks.
Ex Baldwin’s 68 (28 September 2010), lot 3004.