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Auction: 22106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 18 - British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens - e-Auction
Lot: 1514

The Bernard Pearl Collection of Historical Medals | James II and Mary, 1685, AE Medal, by George Bower, IACOBVS. II. ET. MARIA. DG. MAG. BRI. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX. ET. REGINA., conjoined, laureate and draped busts right, rev. FORTES. RADII. SED. BENIGNI. 1685, radiant sun, 50mm, 37.09g (MI 610/16; Eimer -; vL. -; Foley -), some rub to high points, otherwise trace porosity under darkened surfaces, a bolder very fine, very rare

This was struck in the first year of the reign of James II and probably very early, before the "Bloody Assize" of Jeffreys and Kirk.

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Sold for
£230

Starting price
£80