Triton XVII, Lot: 1534. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART (Orange). William III & Mary. 1688-1694. AR Medal (56mm, 58.25 g, 12h). Commemorating the Restoration of Britain’s Security. Of Dutch manufacture. By P.H. Müller. Dated 1689. GVLIELMVS ET MARIA REX ET REGINA BRITANNIÆ (stellate stop), conjoined busts of William and Mary right; P • H • M • below busts. Edge: * EXTERNO MALE PRESSA IUGO BRITANNIA PRIDEM, IN PRISCAS ITERUM RESPIRAT LIBERA LEGES • * • (FK) • / AUREA FLORIGERIS SUCCRESCUNT POMA ROSETIS (triskeles stop), Britannia seated left, holding scales, cross, and cap of Liberty on staff; arms around; behind, crowned orange tree; SECURITAS BRITAN=/NIÆ RESTITUTA/• 1689 • in three lines in exergue . Van Loon III 383; MI 681/60; Eimer 313. EF, toned.
From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection.