292, Lot: 598. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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temp. HANOVER. Charles Edward Stuart ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ (the Young Pretender). As Prince of Wales
in pretence, 1701-1766. Æ Medal (42mm, 29.02 g, 12h). Expected Arrival of the Young Pretender. Possibly T. Pingo or C. N. Roettiers. Dated 1745, though likely struck 1748. Bare head right; 1745 / Britannia standing left on seashore, holding spear and Union shield; at a distance to left, approaching fleet of ships under sail right; globe to right. MI 600/251; Eimer 595a. Near EF, brown patina.