CNG 99, Lot: 1299. Estimate $400. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Anne. 1702-1714. AR Medal (43mm, 29.62 g, 12h). Victories over Louis XIV. Possibly by P. H. Müller. Dated 1706. LVDOVICVS MAGNVS ANNA MAIOR (
Louis is great, but Anne is even better), Anne (
as Minerva left, subduing Louis (
as Roman warrior) right / CVRA PVGNACIS FACTA MINERVÆ (
effected by the care of the warlike Minerva), Victory advancing left; military trophy to right inscribed CLADES/GALLOR/IN BRAB/23 MAI (
the defeat of the French at Brabant) in four lines; in four lines in exergue, XII · VRBES CVM PRO/VINCIIS INTRA XV/D : RECEPTÆ ·/1706 (
twelve cities with their Provinces retaken within fifteen days); all within border of 12 shields inscribed with the retaken cities. MI 288/97; Eimer 421. EF, toned.