Auction Catalogue

17 December 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1265

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17 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£70

18th Century, Spanish Galleons Destroyed, 1742, a silver electrotype of the Callis medal by T. Pingo, officer kneeling before standing figure of George II dressed as a Roman emperor, rev. ship attacking galleons in port, 53mm (Eimer 1; MI II, 568/203; E 569). Test mark and edge bruised in several places, otherwise about very fine; with contemporary loop for suspension (£100-200)