The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 530
William and Mary
Estimate £150 - £200
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Description
William and Mary, James II received by Louis XIV of France, Dutch pewter / white metal medal, 1689, by Jan Smeltzing, laureate bust left, IACOBVS II DG BRITANNIARUM IMPERATOR, rev., above a coast-line the moon partially eclipses the sun, ORBATA LUCE LUCIDUM OBSCURAT, 59.5mm (MI 654/13; Woolf 7:5; vL III, 372). Good fine and extremely rare.
The medal is wrapped in an 18th century fold of paper with partial description though without indication of its early provenance.