366, Lot: 1062. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGENTINA, Colonial. Fernando VII. King of Spain, 1808-1833. AR Proclamation Medal (44mm, 34.76 g, 12h). Buenos Aires. Dated 1808. * A FERNANDO VII * REY AUGUSTO D ESPANA * Y DE LAS YNDIAS (scallop shell between two laurel branches), bust left, wearing high collar, sash, and Order of the Golden Fleece; ARRABAL (engraver) on bust truncation / * JURA • LA • CIUDAD • ED(ligate) • BUENOS-AYRES • SU • AMOR • SU • FEE • SU • LEALTAD * (scallop shell), Spain, wearing a mural crown, robe, and cloak, seated facing on a globe(?); to right, Spain is holding the right arm of America, who is seated left, wearing a high hat and sword; before her, an oval shield with the arms of the City and a thyrsos; to left, a lion seated left; winged caduceus below; engraver’s initials AR• on ground line. Herrera 7; Medina 281; Fonrobert 10061. EF, toned, a few marks, light scratches.