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Auction: 13013 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 718

Birth of Prince James, 1688, Silver medal by J. Smeltzing, truth with foot on a snake, left, leaning against cupboard with open door on which inscribed iac : franc eduard : supposit : 20 junii 1688, inside a Jesuit supporting a cushion through which the Prince emerges crowning himself, sic non heredes deerunt, rev. equo nunquam tu crede britanne, Trojan horse left, City burning in background, 58 mm. (MI i, 630/52; Eimer 291), toned, good very fine

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