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Auction: 392 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 151

Londonderry Relieved, AR Medal, 1689, by Jan Smeltzing, bust of Louis XIV on pedestal, inscribed LUDOVIC : MAGNUS IN GERMANIA BARBARUS IN . GALLIA TYRANNUS, Obs : Mogunt : et bonce, Gallia with an empty basket at her feet and Germania in rags, with shackles on her legs, a torch at her feet and a burning city in her hand. Sieges of cities in the distance, rev. bust of William III on pedestal, inscribed WILHELM : MAXIMUS IN . BELGICA LIBERATOR IN . BRITTANNIA RESTAURATOR Lib : Londonderry 1689, Pallas, with the Bible and an olive branch, and Plenty with a cornucopia, hold a wreath over him beneath the rays of heaven. Ships advancing to the relief of Londonderry, 45mm, 29.56g (MI I, ii 697/97; Eimer 316), some very faint pitting to the reverse field and the faintest touch of rub to the very highest of the devices, otherwise with a pleasing flashy lustre within the fields, the surfaces with a uniformly dark silver tone and blue and ochre toning, a most pleasing an intricate design, extremely fine and very rare

Sold for
$2,600

Starting price
$1000