Coins and Historical Medals

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, 64.60g (MI I, 619/33; E 285; Betts 67; MH 71; Roehrs 1646). Very fine, cleaned bright £200-£260