282, Lot: 592. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. Captain John Paul Jones. 1747-1792. Æ Medal (57mm, 69.18 g, 12h). Comitia Americana Series: John Paul Jones and the Naval Action off Flamborough Head. By A. Dupré. Dated 1779 in Roman numerals [though a restrike issue, struck circa 1840-1863]. (rosette) JOANNI PAVLO JONES CLASSIS PRAEFECTO (rosette)/COMITIA AMERICANA, bust right, in military attire / HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS (the enemy ships wither captured or driven away...), view of a naval engagement; in two lines in exergue, AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII SEPT/MDCCLXXVIIII (...at the mouth of Scotland). Cf. Betts 568 (for prototype); cf. Julian NA-1b (same); cf. BHM 222 (same); cf. Eimer 782 (same). EF, a few spots. A restrike of a popular type in this American series.