Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 195
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Siege and Capture of Tournai, 1709, AR medal, by Martin Brunner, VT MELIVS PROCEDAT, Genius of Tornay and Victory, rev. SOLVTA CATENIS INSVRGIT, the city under bombardment, TORNACVM CAP : | TVM • MDCCIX • in exergue in two lines, edge plain, 44mm, 36.16g, 12h (MI ii 356/192; van Loon V, 141), a handful of very light contact marks, otherwise highly lustrous, toned with hues of petrol blue and ochre, near extremely fine, very rare
Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals
SNC, November 1965, no. 6570 - A well struck, attractive and very rare medal - £20.0.0
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Sold for
$1,500
Starting price
$500