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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 689

On the Death of Queen Mary, AR Medal, 1695, by Jan Drappentier, O SERVES ANIMAE DIMIDIUM MEAE ("Oh, Preserve her who is half of my soul"), Britannia, her hands clasped, kneeling before an altar on which rests a burning censor, addressing a prayer to heaven, BRITANNIA SUPLEX 1695 in exergue, rev. PRAELUCET QUATUOR UNA ("One outshines four"), funeral pall adorned with the crowned shields of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, a radiate celestial crown in the clouds above, 34.68g, 43mm (MI ii 120/362; V. Loon IV, 189), some rim taps and small edge bruises, toned, extremely fine and very rare

Provenance

Spink (New York) 394, 21 January 2024, lot 202


The obverse, states MI "was perhaps prepared, or in course of preparation, before the death of the Queen; it contains a prayer for her preservation. The reverse asserts the superiority of one celestial over four terrestrial crowns."

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£160