The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 517
James II and Mary
Estimate £180 - £220
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Description
James II and Mary, the birth of Prince James, silver medal, 1688, by George Bower, Prince James in his cradle as an infant Hercules, strangles two serpents, MONSTRIS DANT FVNERA CVNÆ, rev., the Prince's Plumes within coronet, FVLTA TRIBVS METVENDA CORONA, 30mm (MI 628/48; Eim. 294; Woolf 3:10; vL III, 342). Very fine or nearly so.