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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 801

Second Treaty of Vienna, AR Medal, 1731, by M. Holtzhey, CAROLVS VI • ROM : IMP : S • A • ET GEORG : II • MAG : BRIT : REX F • D •, busts of Emperor Charles VI and George II facing, rev. TRANQUILLITATI EUROPAE AE •, Neptune and Jupiter unite hands; the former stands in his marine car; the latter on the sea-shore, in the distance a ship at sea, stern inscribed E•C• (East India Company), FOEDUS VIENNENSE INIT : D : XVI • MART : MDCCXXXI • in exergue in three lines, edge plain, 49mm, 46.14g (Eimer -; MI ii 496/40; van Loon VI, 59), a couple of faint nailmarks to the obverse field, otherwise lightly toned, more so to the exergue and legends, the detail in high relief all pleasingly struck-up and present, good extremely fine and extremely rare with no comparable traced on CoinArchives

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£2,100

Starting price
£1200