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Auction: 23050 - The Official Golden BNTA Anniversary Charity Auction
Lot: 46

Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales, AR Medal, 1612, · HENRICVS · - · PRINCEPS · armoured bust of the young prince facing, wearing elaborate collar, rev. FAX · MENTIS · HONESTÆ · GLORIA · crowned coat of arms, 6.33g, 12h (Eimer 90; MI 200/29), a rare coin that depicts the Prince of Wales, heir to the English throne, in the year of his untimely death at the age of eighteen, details all well struck, nicely toned, very fine

Kindly donated by David Guest



Provenance

CNG, by private treaty - $2,850




Henry, Prince of Wales, as a keen young patron, collected Netherlandish and Italian paintings and sculpture, as well as coins, medals and books.


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Sold for
£4,500