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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 777

Capture of Tournay, AR Medal, 1709, by J. Croker, ANNA • D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET • HIB : REGINA •, draped bust left; rev. TORNACO • EXPVGNATO, Pallas seated facing slightly right, leaning on shield and holding pear with mural crown; arms and banners to left; city view beyond, MDCCIX• in exergue, plain edge, 40mm, 22.47g (Eimer 437; MI ii 354/190; van Loon V, 141), nailmark to reverse edge and field, nevertheless with the most attractive iridescent toning and with an underlying brilliance, a most handsome example in hand, practically as struck, scarcely offered, even more so in silver

provenance
M L Gray, Spink 251, 27 March 2018, lot 521 - lightly toned with underlying brilliance, a bold extremely fine
Baldwin 43, 11 October 2005, lot 3262



Tournay was the first place attacked by the Allies after the failure of the negotiations for peace at The Hague. On 3 September 1709, during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713), the French fortress of Tournay, under the command of Marshal de Villars, was captured by an army commanded by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy. The fortress was surrounded by the allied forces from June until it was finally besieged in September.


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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£550