The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 570
William III
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £650
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Description
William III, the assassination plot of Sir George Barclay, silver medal, 1696, by C.G. Lauffer (?), conjoined busts of James II and Louis XIV of France right, HERODES ATQVE PILATVS, rev., Louis, James, Father Petre and Prince James (on lobster), in an enclosure, armed men in a wood nearby, beyond a distant fleet, IRRITA CONSPIRATIO, in ex., ADVERS GVILIELMVM III ANGLIAE REGEM 3 MART 1696, 43mm (MI 151/414; Eim 369; Woolf 13:2; vL IV, 225). Good very fine, scarce.
Provenance: Bt. Münzhandlung Ritter, December, 2010