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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 757

Pacification of Ireland, AR Medal, 1691, by D. Drappentier, GULI : ET MARIA D • G • M : BRIT : FR : ET HIB : REX • ET REGINA •, conjoined laureate, draped and cuirassed busts right, rev. PARCERE SVBIECTIS, ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS•, British lion tramples Hydra, spaniel fawning submissively at feet of lioness, a distant harbour and cityscape beyond, HIB : PACATA C I ? ? C XCI • in exergue in two lines, ET REGNARE PARES • ET MIRE SE INTER AMARE on edge, 54mm, 58.89g (Eimer 340; MI 39/220; van Loon IV, 57; Woolf 11.10; Harding 22 this medal), surfaces very lightly contact marked, nevertheless with cabinet toning to otherwise dark grey and lustrous surfaces, extremely fine and rare

The disparity in the casualty figures suggests that little quarter was given in the pursuit.

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£1400