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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 340

Landing at Dover, AR Medal, 1660, by John Roettiers, CAROLVS II D G MAGN BRITANN FRANC ET HIBERN REX, draped and cuirassed bust right with long hair within ornate laurel branches, DEVM PROVIDENTIA ATQ MISERICORDIA VIVO : above, ANNO RESERTÆ SALUTIS 1660 DIE 29 MAII below, rev. SI DEVS EST CVSTOS QVIS MEVS HOSTIS ERIT, warriors personifying England, Scotland and Ireland with sceptre, sword and three crowns advance to greet the King approaching in a ship, Dover Castle in the background with the all-seeing eye of Providence radiating above, 57.0g, 57mm, 12h (Platt II, p. 357; MI I, 457/48; MH 1919/46; v. Loon II, 464), an outstanding example, iridescently cabinet toned overlying brilliant original surfaces, a most pleasing and wholesome extremely fine, very rare, especially in this exalted and much as struck state, with NGC certification (Cert. #6767983-001)

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Sold for
£6,500

Starting price
£2000