Triton XVI, Lot: 1620. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Anne. 1702-1714. Æ Medal (37mm, 17.86 g, 12h). Expedition to Vigo Bay. By J. Croker. Dated 1702
in Roman numerals. ANNA · DEI · GRA · MAG : BR : FRA : ET · HIB : REGINA ·, crowned and draped bust left / CAPTA · ET · INCENSA · GAL · ET · HISP : CLASSE · (
the French and Spanish fleet having been captured and burned), view of Vigo harbor, with burning Spanish and French vessels within and under attack by British and Dutch vessels under sail right at its mouth; two forts to right; in two lines in exergue, AD · VIGVM · XII · OCT :/MDCCII ·. MI 236/18; Eimer 395; Betts 97. Choice EF, attractive red-brown surfaces, with underlying luster.