CNG 99, Lot: 1311. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George II. 1727-1760. AR Medal (55mm, 65.42 g, 12h). 25th Anniversary of the Peace of Utrecht. By N. v. Swinderen. Dated 1738 in Roman numerals. V. LUSTR : FŒD : BELG : PACE STABIL : (the peace of the Belgian Confederacy established for 25 years), Belgium seated facing before closed Temple of Janus, head left, holding tablet and staff entwined with palm frond and olive branch and surmounted by Phrygian cap; to right, bound captive and crowned lion holding bundle of arrows; above, Fame flying left, blowing in trumpets inscribed IUBI/LATE and XXV; in two lines in exergue, XI · APRIL ·/MDCCXXXVIII / ORBIS CHRISTIAN : QUIETE INTER SE COMPOSITA (the mutual peace of the Christian world has been established) on banner, seven crowned coats-of-arms strung together. MI 525/85; Eimer 543. EF, attractively toned.