Spanish Fleet Destroyed
CNG 109, Lot: 1082. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. George I. 1714-1727. Æ Medal (44mm, 44.21 g, 12h). Spanish Fleet Destroyed off Cape Passaro. By J. Croker. Dated 1718. GEORGIVS · D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET · HIB : REX · F : D :, laureate, draped, and armored bust right / SOCIORVM · PROTECTOR ·, statue of George (
as Neptune) left atop rostral column amidst captured naval trophies; in three lines in exergue, CLASSE · HISP : DELETA ·/AD ORAS · SICILIÆ ·/1718. MI 439/42; Eimer 481. EF, underlying red.