CNG 88, Lot: 2117. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (ORANGE). William III & Mary. 1688-1694. Cast AR Medal (51mm, 23.63 g, 12h). Restorers of the Anglican Church. By G. Bower. Cast 1689. GVLIELMVS · ET · MARIA · D · G · ANG · FRA · ET · HIB · REX · ET · REGINA · FIDEI · DEFENSORES &, jugate draped busts of William, laureate, and Mary right / · CÆLO · DELAB ITUR · ALTO (it will come down from high heaven –adapted from Virgil), statue of William (as a Roman soldier), with inverted sword and city model, on a pedestal inscribed · ÆRE ·/PERENNIVS (more durable than brass –adapted from Horace); to lower left, Time seated left on base, holding scythe and inscribing his deeds upon round shield; to lower right, History seated right on base, inscribing his deeds upon tablet. MI 658/18; Eimer 307b. EF, dark iridescent toning, fields lightly smoothed, a few minor marks.