Coins and Historical Medals

Pacification of Ireland, 1691, a white metal medal by J. Smeltzing, laureate head of William III right, rev. Hercules raises club over prostrate Irishman, 37mm (MI II, 32/207; E –). Slight curvature to flan, very fine and very rare £100-£120

Provenance: DNW Auction 60, 9-10 December 2003, lot 1404; A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction 172, 11 March 2020, lot 273