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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 760

Death of Mary II, AR Medal, 1694, by J. Boskam, MARIA • II • D • G • MAG BRIT • FRAN • HIB • REGINA, draped and diademed bust right, rev. COELITVS • DATA COELITVS RECEPTA, tomb surmounted by obelisks, central obelisk with a portrait of Mary, MARIA• ORBIS BRITANNICI DELICIAE• ET SOLATIUM DESIDERATA in five lines below, MDCXCV in exergue, plain edge, 59mm, 89.43g (Eimer -; MI ii 115/351; van Loon IV, 181), lightly contact marked and with some bruises to edge, otherwise toned, near extremely fine and very rare

Mary had proved to be a popular figure and her death from smallpox was commemorated by many medals struck both in England and the continent. She remained unreconciled to her sister Anne, but was deeply missed by the King, who, from the time her illness became serious, had seldom left her.

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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£800