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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 373

Defeat of the Second Spanish Armada, Cast AR Medal, 1596, by Gerhard van Bijlaer, RVMPITVR HAVD FACILE, saltire stops, hand issued from heaven holds a cord connecting the shields of England, France and a heart bearing the arrows of the United Provinces, rev. QVID ME PERSEQVERIS 1596, saltire stops, armada of ships in distress, Jehovah in Hebrew above in radiant sky, 52mm, 59.24g, 12h (MI i 163/148; van Loon I, 1476; Milford Haven 481; Eimer 67), tooled and lightly retoned, the blow-hole visible at 12 o'clock, otherwise struck details an attractively bold very fine, very rare

Provenance

The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins




The obverse of this medal was initially designed to commemorate an alliance between England, France and the United Dutch Provinces, but was repurposed later the same year to celebrate the double destruction of the second Spanish 'Armada'; firstly when the English fleet attacked Calais and destroyed all of King Philip II's invasion equipment, and secondly when a storm destroyed another Spanish fleet off Cape Finisterre.

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£1500