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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 782

Capture of Bethune, St. Venant and Aire, AR Medal, 1710, by J. Croker and S. Bull, ANNA • AVGVSTA •, laureate and draped bust left, rev. BETHVNIA • FANO • STI • VENANTII • ET • ARIA • CAPTIS •, a trophy of captured French arms and standards, INSPECTANT • GALL • GENT • MILL • MDCCX •, in exergue in three lines, plain edge, 49mm, 44.96g (Eimer 447; MI ii 374/220; van Loon V 171), surfaces lightly contact marked, otherwise with proof-like surfaces and rich blue and ochre toning in parts, near extremely fine, scarcely offered in silver

This medal records the surrender of Bethune, St. Venant and Aire, the only successes of the Allies in the campaign of this year in the Netherlands after the capture of Douay.

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£1,000

Starting price
£500