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Auction: 18004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 465

Charles II (1660-85), Embarkation at Scheveningen, 1660, cast silver medal by P. van Abeele (monogram on edge), carolus ii d g magnae brit fra et hib rex, bust facing three-quarters right, rev. in nomine meo exaltabitur cornu eius . psal . 89, fleet sailing into distance, Fame heralds the armada from above, and holds scroll inscribed soli deo gloria, a shell beneath (in dutch) reads: his majesty departed holland from scheveningen to his own kingdom, a diaper blow-hole at 6 o'clock, 82.87g, 70.5mm. (Eimer 210; MI 455/44), weakly struck, with a minor surface flaw to centre of reverse, very fine

provenance
Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1985, no. 8023, £550

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