395, Lot: 580. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. 1726-1799. Æ Medal (48mm, 61.21 g, 12h). Battle of the First of June. Soho (Birmingham) mint. By C. H. Küchler. Dated 1 June 1794 (in Roman numerals). RIC COMES HOWE THALASSIARCHA BRITAN, uniformed bust right; below, PATRIÆ DECVS ET TVTAMEN / NON SORTE SED VIRTUTE, the flagship Queen Charlotte sinking a French ship; in exergue, GALLOR CLASSIS PROFLIG/ DIE 1 JUNII/ MDCCXCIV. BHM 383; Eimer 855. EF, red-brown surfaces, minor marks and discoloration.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.