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9 & 10 October 2019
England, Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766, a silver medal by T. Pingo, bust of William Pitt left, rev. the man who having saved the parent pleaded with success for her children, 40mm, 26.03g (Eimer 34; BHM 100; E 713; Betts 516). Extremely fine, toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £800
England, Death of George Whitefield, 1770, a silver medal by T. Pingo, three-quarter bust right, rev. cherub seated on funerary urn, leaning on a skull, 36mm, 20.14g (Eimer 44b [not listed in silver]; BHM 147; E 735; Betts 527). Good very fine, very rare in silver £300-£400
England, Battle of Saragossa, 1710, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust left, rev. Victory, introduced by Britannia, presents captured colours to Anne, 48mm, 40.71g (MI II, 373/219; E 446). Minor hairlines, otherwise extremely fine, toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £850
England, George III, National Jubilee, 1809, a silver medal by P. Wyon, uniformed bust left, rev. angel seated on cloud with arms raised, ribbons above and below bearing legends, 52mm (BHM 652). Extremely fine and toned, very rare in silver £300-£400
England, Prince James and the Legitimacy of Succession, 1699, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust of James II right, reads iaco : ii, rev. bust of Prince James left, 27mm, 6.34g (Woolf 15:3; MI II, 202/517; E 380 var.). Good very fine and attractively toned, very rare £200-£300
4 & 5 December 2019
England, Capture of Jacobite Rebels at Preston, 1715, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate and armoured bust of George I right, rev. two captives chained to base of pedestal decorated with military trophies, 46mm, 36.37g (Woolf 31:2; MI II, 435/34; E 476). Some minor marks, otherwise extremely fine and toned, scarce £600-£800
Hammer Price: £900
England, Lady Lane, 1662, a cast silver medal by A. and T. Simon, bust right, rev. incuse legend and date in six lines, 33mm, 12.13g (MI I, 479/89). Very fine and very rare £600-£800
England, Charles I, a cast silver-gilt Royalist badge by T. Rawlins, bust right, rev. crowned arms within Garter, 44 x 33mm, 9.75g (Platt type A; MI I, 360/231; E 167b). Very fine; with loop for suspension £300-£400
Hammer Price: £950
England, British Colonization, 1670, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, conjoined busts of Charles II and Catherine right, rev. globe, 42mm, 36.92g (MI I, 546/203; E 245). A few contact marks, otherwise extremely fine, attractively toned £600-£800
United States of America, George Washington, the Presidency Relinquished, 1797, a copper medal by J.C. Reich for J. Sansom, uniformed bust right, rev. fasces and sword on draped altar, 41mm, 26.59g (Musante 58; Baker 71; Julian PR-1). Reverse exhibiting a little die rust, extremely fine and an original striking £200-£300
England, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a silver medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], Moses watches the Israelites making bricks while being beaten by their Egyptian taskmasters, rev. legend in eight lines within wreath, 31mm, 13.09g (MI I, 462/56; v.L. II, 464; E 217). Good very fine and toned, very rare £300-£400
England, George I, Entry into London, 1714, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. Londinia presents the city keys to the King seated in a car drawn by four horses, before the Royal Exchange, 47mm, 46.14g (MI II, 423/7; E 467). Minor hairlines, otherwise extremely fine, toned £400-£600
Hammer Price: £1,000
England, Escape of Princess Clementina Sobieski from Innsbrück, 1719, a silver medal by O. Hamerani, bust left, rev. Princess riding towards Rome in a biga, 48mm, 50.95g (Woolf 36:1; MI II, 444/49; E 484). Good extremely fine, toned £400-£600
England, Prince James, the ‘Old Pretender’, a silver Touchpiece, Italian manufacture [by O. or E. Hamerani], ship to right, rev. St Michael standing, spearing dragon, 20mm, 3.35g (Woolf 35, O1/R1; MI II, 316/140). Pierced as usual, good very fine and toned £300-£400
England, Legitimacy of the Jacobite Succession, c. 1738, a copper medal, unsigned [by O. Hamerani], armoured and draped bust of Prince Charles right, rev. armoured and draped bust of Prince Henry right, 45mm (Woolf 47; MI II, 493/35; E 544A). Extremely fine, rare £200-£260
Germany, John Huss, a cast silver medal, undated [c. 1550] and unsigned, 42mm, 22.54g; FRANCE, Joseph Charles Roettiers, a copper medal by J.C. Hedlinger, undated, 41mm (Felder 148); ITALY, Antonio Maria de Gennaro, 1738, a copper medal by J.C. Hedlinger, undated, 41mm (Felder 164) [3]. First very fine, others extremely fine £100-£150
Sweden, Victories over Denmark, Poland and Russia, 1700, a silver medal by J.R. Engelhardt, armoured bust of Charles XII right, rev. Swedish lion surrounded by dragon, snake, and two dogs, 47mm, 28.29g (Hild. 60; BDM II, 20). Die flaw across centre of reverse, otherwise good very fine and attractively toned, rare £500-£700
India, Claude Martin, a silver token, undated [c. 1796], unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], uniformed bust left, rev. Urdu legend, edge plain, 25mm, 11.63g (Pudd. 796.1.1; cf. Prid. 399 [copper]). About extremely fine and toned, very rare in silver £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,100
England, Death of James III, the Old Pretender, 1766, a silver medal by F. Cropanese, bust of Henry, Cardinal York, right in skull cap, rev. standing figure of Religion holding bible and cross, British lion and elevation of St Peter’s Church in background, 53mm, 61.23g (Woolf 67:1; BHM 99; E 715). Flan uneven and an edge bruise at 3 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £400-£600
England, Peace Negotiations at Gertruydenberg, 1710, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust of James III right, rev. map of the British Isles, 38mm, 39.19g (Woolf 23:1a; MI II, 312/133; E 428). Almost extremely fine, toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,200
Germany, Sophia Charlotte of Brandenburg, 1691, a silver medal by A. Karlsteen, bust right, rev. four beehives to left, tree to right, 51mm, 72.99g (Brockmann 486; BDM III, 121). Edge knock and, minor marks in fields, otherwise extremely fine and toned £400-£500
England, Landing of William of Orange at Torbay, 1688, a silver medal, unsigned [by R. Arondeaux], William standing, holding hand of Britannia, shield attached to orange tree to right, rev. disembarkation scene, 49mm, 45.07g (Woolf 3:8; MI I, 639/65; E 298). Some contact marks and a small edge bruise, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,300
England, Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, 1743, a silver medal by J.A. Dassier, bust left, rev. inscription and date within decorative cartouche, 55mm, 67.62g (Eisler 334; MI II, 582/222; E 580). Not recorded in silver, about as struck and toned, extremely fine £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,400
England, Flight of Prince James, 1688, a silver medal, unsigned [by C. Wermuth], Father Petre seated right on lobster, holding infant prince, French ship to right, rev. windmill on shield, rosary around and Jesuit cap above, 32mm, 14.20g (Woolf 4:1b; MI I, 644/72; E 300 var.). Extremely fine and toned, rare £300-£400
England, Visit of Queen Victoria to the Guildhall, 1837, a silver medal by W. Wyon for the Corporation of London, coronetted bust left, rev. frontal elevation of the Guildhall, 55mm (W & E 72.2; BHM 1775; E 1304). A few stains on both sides, otherwise extremely fine £600-£800
England, John Campbell, Earl of Loudon, 1645, a silver medal by A. Simon, bust left wearing skull-cap, rev. legend and date in five lines, 36mm, 12.95g (MI I, 321/157; E 148; Cochran-Patrick 97/5; Platt II, p. 63). Very fine and very rare £600-£800
England, Death of Princess Louisa, 1712, a silver medal by N. Roettiers, bust of James III left, rev. bust of Louisa left, 52mm, 53.25g (Woolf 25:2; MI II, 388/241; E 454). Minor surface marks, otherwise almost extremely fine, rare £500-£700
England, Release of Giles Strangways, 1648, a silver medal by J. Roettiers [struck c. 1670], draped bust right, rev. view of the White Tower, sun piercing clouds above, 60mm, 78.77g (MI I, 333/177; E 153). Extremely fine, rare £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,500
Germany, Ernst August and Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1696, a silver medal by E. Brabandt, bust of Ernst August right, rev. bust of Sophia right, 52mm, 72.92g (Brockman 714). Extremely fine, toned £1,000-£1,200
England, Peace of Breda, 1667, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, laureate bust of Charles II right, legend reads bri, rev. Britannia seated on rocky shore, contemplating her navies, edge carolvs secvndvs pacis et imperii restitutor avgvstvs, 56mm, 73.76g (MI I, 535/186; E 241). Rim nicks and some surface marks, otherwise extremely fine, toned £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
England, Archbishop Laud Executed, 1644, a silver medal by J. Roettiers [struck c. 1680], bust right, rev. infant genii carrying mitre and crozier to Heaven, 58mm, 82.25g (MI I, 315/147; E 145). Minor hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine, toned £800-£1,000
England, Appeal Against the House of Hanover, 1721, a silver medal by E Hamerani, bust of James III right, rev. Hanoverian horse trampling lion and unicorn, view of London behind, 49mm, 49.45g (Woolf 40:1; MI II, 454/63; E 493). A few light hairlines, otherwise extremely fine or better, toned £500-£600
England, Birth of Prince Charles, 1720, a silver medal by E. Hamerani, conjoined busts of James III and Clementina right, rev. Providence holding a child in her arms, pointing at globe, 41mm, 34.93g (Woolf 38:1; MI II, 452/60; E 488). Good extremely fine, dark-toned, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,700
England, African & Canadian Chiefs’ Peace Medal, 1840, a specimen striking in copper by W. Wyon, diademed head of Victoria left, rev. royal arms with supporters, 38mm (BHM 1976; E 1347c). Good extremely fine, very rare £300-£400
England, Prince James, the ‘Old Pretender’, a silver Touchpiece, French manufacture, English type, ship to right, rev. St Michael standing, spearing dragon, 19mm, 1.56g (Woolf 17:1; MI II, 315/139). Pierced as usual, about extremely fine and toned, very rare £400-£500
England, EXECUTION OF THE DUKES OF MONMOUTH AND ARGYLL, 1685, a silver medal by R. Arondeaux, bust of James II placed over sceptres on pedestal displaying crowned arms, rev. Justice holding sword and scales, the decapitated bodies of the two Dukes to left and right, their heads on blocks, 60mm, 74.78g (MI I, 615/27; E 281). Minor marks, otherwise extremely fine, toned £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
England, Spanish Wreck Recovered, 1687, a silver medal by G. Bower, conjoined busts of James II and Mary of Modena right, rev. the salvage operation, a small row-boat to the fore with Sir William Phipps’s ship, the Algier Rose, beyond, 55mm, 65.99g (MI I, 619/33; E 285; Betts 67; MH 71). Minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine £1,000-£1,200
England, Birth of Prince James, 1688, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Smeltzing], Truth standing, holding open cupboard door to reveal Jesuit supporting cushion upon which sits the infant prince, fleet on horizon in background, rev. Trojan horse left, Troy burning in background, 59mm, 81.99g (Woolf 3:3; MI I, 630/52; E 291). Minor marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, rare £1,500-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,900
England, Prince Charles, the ‘Young Pretender’, a silver Touchpiece, Italian manufacture [by F. Hamerani ?], ship to right, rev. St Michael standing, spearing dragon, 21mm, 2.82g (Woolf 68, O1/R1). Pierced as usual, about very fine, very rare £300-£400
India, Claude Martin, 1211h [1796-7], a silver token by A. McKenzie, uniformed bust right, rev. Urdu legend, date at bottom, edge plain, 38mm, 22.86g (Pudd. 796.3; cf. Prid. 400B [copper]; BHM 424). Extremely fine and toned, an exceptional example and very rare in silver £2,000-£2,600
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