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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 748

Coronation of William and Mary, AR Medal, 1689, by P. H. Müller, series executed by F. Kleinert at Nuremberg, • GVILIELMVS REX ANGL • SCOT • FRANC • ET HYBERN • PATRIAE DECVS ANGLIAE PRAESIDIVM, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. the Garter, entwined by orange branches and decorated with the shields of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, GVILIELM • PRINCEPS AVRIACVS, ANGLIAE SCOTIAE • FRAN • CIAE ET HIBERNIAE REX CORONATVR • d•21 Apr •, within, * REGIA, CREDE MIHI, RES EST, SUCCURRERE LAPSIS • ••(F.K)•• *, on edge, 50mm, 44.66g (Eimer -; MI 675/50, van Loon III, 392), two edge bruises at about 6 o'clock and some small scratches to obverse field below REX, otherwise with the most attractive brilliant surfaces beneath a light ochre toning, a handsome extremely fine and extremely rare

Probably struck about the time of the coronation, as the edge refers to the assistance given by William to England. It is one of a large series issued at Nuremburg by Freidrich Kleinert, in which work a number of foreign as well as native medallists were employed.

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£1,800

Starting price
£1300