Coins and Historical Medals

The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 1782, an oval engraved copper medal, half-length male portrait left in naval officer’s uniform, bust with distinctive hooked nose, rev. Spanish warship left, ablaze, xiii sep, a æ c mdcclxxxii below, 40 x 34mm (Comfort –). Portrait disfigured by deliberate scratching and two other scratches at lower left on reverse, otherwise very fine; with metallic spur to aid suspension £100-150