CNG 109, Lot: 1073. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Anne. 1702-1714. Æ Medal (37mm, 17.86 g, 12h). Expedition to Vigo Bay. By J. Croker. Dated 12 October 1702 (in Roman numerals). ANNA · DEI · GRA · MAG : BR : FRA : ET · HIB : REGINA ·, crowned and draped bust left / CAPTA · ET · INCENSA · GAL · ET · HISP : CLASSE ·, view of Vigo harbor, with burning Spanish and French vessels within and under attack by British and Dutch vessels under sail right at its mouth; two forts to right; in two lines in exergue, AD · VIGVM · XII · OCT :/MDCCII ·. MI 236/18; Eimer 395; Betts 97. Choice EF, attractive red-brown surfaces, with underlying luster.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 1620.

From the consignor: The 1702 battle at Vigo Bay was one of opportunity for the British forces who had learned of the return of the Spanish fleet from the new world laden with precious metals and trade goods. The fleet of British Admiral Rooke soundly defeated the French and Spanish forces but recovered little in the way of precious metals as they had already been off loaded to shore. What little metal that did get captured was coined with the “Vigo” inscription and these coins are quite desired today.