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Auction: 392 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 146

Coronation of James II and Mary of Modena, Official AR Medal, 23 April 1685, by Jan Roettier for the Royal Mint, IACOBVS • II • D • G • ANG • SCO • FR • ET • HI • REX, laureate and draped bust right, rev. A • MILITARI • AD • REGIAM •, laurel wreath upon a cushion, above a crown held by a hand issuing from heaven, INAVGVRAT • 23 • AP • 1685 in exergue in two lines, edge plain, 34mm, 14.93g (Eimer 273; MI i 605/5-6; van Loon III, 303), the date re-punched as occasionally encountered, faintest of hairline scratch to the reverse field and surrounding marks, otherwise with a proof-like brilliance to the fields and a handsome grey cabinet tone, handsome extremely fine

Sold for
$1,100

Starting price
$210