CNG 88, Lot: 2123. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. Prince William, the Duke of Cumberland. 1721-1765. Æ Medal (51mm, 45.95 g, 12h). The Battle of Culloden. By R. Yeo. Dated 1746. GULIELMUS · GEOR · II · R · FIL · DUX · CUMBRIÆ ·, armored bust right, draped with lion skin and with George of the Garter hanging below / Britannia seated left, assisting William (as Hercules) standing facing, head right, trampling upon Discord to lower left; in three lines in exergue, PERDVELLIB · EX · ANG · FVGAT/AD · CULLOD · DEBELLAT/16 · APR · 1746 · (
He drives the rebels from England/defeated at Culloden/16 April 1746). MI 613/278; Eimer 604; Woolf 55:2. Choice EF, rich brown patina. Includes contemporary wooden casing.