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Auction: 23107 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 27: British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens Featuring the 'Leja Park' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 7444

NGC MS62 | The Old Pretender (James III), 'The Only Safeguard', AR Medal, 1721, by O. Hamerani, VNICA SALVS, draped and armoured bust right, rev. QVID • GRAVIVS • CAPTA, Hanoverian horse tramples on the English lion and Scottish unicorn, beyond a panoramic cityscape of London, including St Pauls and London Bridge, MDCCXXI in exergue, plain edge, 50mm, 49.74g (Eimer 493; MI ii 454/63; Woolf 40; Harding 58 this medal), the obverse with a couple of faint contact marks, nevertheless the surfaces proof-like and with cabinet toning, most notably with striking areas of blue and ochre toning, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #6295586-001)

The Dr Brian Harding Collection

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