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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 743

William of Orange, Landing at Torbay, AR Medal, 1688, by R. Arondeaux, DEO VIN DICE IUSTITIA COMITE•, William, as a Roman emperor, holds the arm of Britannia, standing beside her shield affixed to an orange tree entwined with roses and thistles, rev. CONTRA INFANTEM PERDITIONIS•, troops disembark from boats near a fortified harbour; large fleet on the horizon, EXPEDITIO NAUALIS PRO LIBERTATE ANGLIAE MDCLXXXVIII in exergue in three lines, plain edge, 49mm, 47.08g (Eimer 298; MI 639/65; van Loon III, 355; Woolf 3:8; Harding 9 this medal), some contact marks to the reverse field and a bruise to edge at 6 o'clock, otherwise richly cabinet toned and with a most attractive flashy brilliance beneath dark grey surfaces, extremely fine and pleasing, rare

The reverse of this medal shows James and Father Petrie carrying the young Prince, another illusion to his alleged illegitimacy.

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Sold for
£1,900

Starting price
£800