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Auction: 392 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 85

Netherlands, Namur Retaken, AR Medal, 1695, by G. Hautsch, PROPVGNATORIBVS ORBIS •, Hercules wearing the lion's skin, holds the apple of the Hesperides and his cub, carries the medallions of William III and the Elector of Bavaria, dragon and a Cerberus below, TESTANTVR FACTA TRIVMPH •, in exergue in two lines, rev. NON AVRO VIRTVTE DVCVM •, view of the city and the citadel and its defenses, NAMVRCVM RECEPTVM • MDCVC •, in exergue in two lines, REX ANGLVS FVSO GAVDDENT BAVARVSQVE NAMVRCO •, to the edge, 45mm, 36.30g (MI II, i 139/395; van Loon IV, 203), lightly bagmarked within the fields, yet with a dark cabinet tone and hues of ochre and blue to obverse, lustrous beneath, a most handsome example, a really good very fine

Sold for
$500

Starting price
$550