Triton XVII, Lot: 1539. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART (Orange). William III & Mary. 1688-1694. AR Medal (60mm, 93.70 g, 12h). Commemorating the Allied Bombardment of Le Havre. By J. Boskam. Dated 1694 (
in Roman numerals). INVICTISSIMVS GVLIELMVS MAG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SVIS PERIT IGNIBVS AVCTOR, bull standing left on flaming platform; in background, armed open boats before city view flames; PORTVS. GRATIÆ. EXVSTVS/ET. EVERVS. BOMBARD/ANGLO. BATAV/MDCXCIIII/I • B • F • in five lines in exergue. Van Loon IV 165; MI 97/321; Eimer 357. EF, toned, a few hairlines and field marks. Rare.
From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection. Ex Morton & Eden (21 May 2003), lot 1284.