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Death of Matthew Boulton, 1809, a copper medal, unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], bust right, rev. farewel within wreath, 48mm (Pollard 33(i); BHM 661; E 1001). About extremely fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £300
Capture of Sardinia and Minorca, 1708, a silver medal by J. Croker, draped bust of Anne left, rev. Victory standing on floating shell, holding palm and flag, the two islands on horizon in background, 40mm, 22.19g (MI II, 329/157; E 434). Once polished but now re-toned, good very fine £200-£260
Capture of Mons, 1709, a silver medal by J. Croker and S. Bull, draped bust of Anne left, rev. view of Mons, Victory flying left above, 40mm, 22.91g (MI II, 362/202; E 440). Once polished but now re-toned, good very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
Tenth Anniversary of the Death of Matthew Boulton, 1819, a gilt-silver medal by G.F. Pidgeon, bust right, rev. legend within wreath, edge patris amicis m.r.b.ciciccccxviiii, 64mm (BHM 976; E 1114). Scratched on obverse and unevenly toned, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £260
Peace of Utrecht, 1713, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate and draped bust of Anne left, rev. Britannia standing, holding olive branch, shield and spear, ships to left, farming scene to right, 35mm, 16.36g (Pax 432; MI II, 400/257; E 460). Fields brushed, otherwise about extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £240
Capture of Portobello, 1739, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Admiral Vernon standing right, ship to left and cannon to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 37mm (Adams PBvi 18-CC; Betts 240). About extremely fine, scarce £120-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Battle of Almenara, 1710, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate and draped bust of Anne left, rev. pvgna eqvestris, battle scene, 48mm (MI II, 373/218; E 445). A few carbon spots, otherwise extremely fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £170
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, a copper jeton, unsigned, four people kneeling left in prayer, rev. ship breaking up, 29mm (MI I, 147/116; E 60). Good very fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £150
Death of James Watt, 1819, a silver medal by H. Kirkwood, bare head left, rev. blank, 43mm (BHM 981; E –). Some scrapes and contact marks, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £140
James I and Prince Charles, a cast silver counter, second issue [c. 1620-5], facing bust of James I wearing hat, rev. facing bare-headed bust of Prince Charles with moustache and beard, 27mm, 2.78g (MI I, 376/272; E 174). Very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £130
Jernegan’s Lottery, 1736, a silver medal by J.S. Tanner, Minerva standing between trophies and emblems of arts and sciences, rev. Queen Caroline watering a grove of palm trees, 39mm, 20.30g (Betts 169; MI II, 517/72; E 537). Some old scratches, otherwise very fine, toned £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
Charles I and Henrietta Maria, a cast silver counter [c. 1626-7], bust of Charles facing wearing broad-brimmed hat, rev. bust of Henrietta Maria facing, 27mm, 2.42g (MI I, 377/275; E –). About very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
Church and King, 1807, a gilt white metal medal by T. Halliday for E. Thomason, armoured and draped bust right, rev. St Paul’s Cathedral, 48mm (BHM 631). Extremely fine and rare; set in a silver raised rim with glazed lunette (glass missing on obverse, cracked on reverse) £100-£120
Hammer Price: £70
Peace of Amiens, 1802, a white metal medal by J.G. Hancock, P. Kempson and S. Kindon, uniformed bust of Marquis Cornwallis left, rev. Britannia seated right, holding plaque bearing head of George III, tablet in centre, cherub to right, 39mm (BHM 539 var.; E 942 var.). Brushed in reverse field, otherwise brilliant, good extremely fine, rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £65
Admiral Earl St Vincent, 1797, a uniface die-trial in white metal by G. Mills, bare head left, 40mm, 21.30g (cf. BHM 438; cf. E 882). About extremely fine, very rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £40
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