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Auction 99  13 May 2015
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Lot 1285

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 1600 USD
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STUART. James II. 1685-1688. AR Medal (61mm, 74.34 g, 12h). Dukes of Monmouth and Argyle Beheaded. By R. Arondeaux. Struck 1685. IACOBVS II D · G · MAG · BRI · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust facing, head left, set upon pedestal with four scepters and crowned coat-of-arms; in background, Neptune driving marine car left across the sea / Justice standing upon altar, trampling upon serpent and holding sword and scales; severed heads of the dukes set upon bases; below, their decapitated bodies rest supine; in background to right, their severed heads sit upon pikes before Tower of London; in three lines in exergue, AMBITIO/MALESUADA/RUIT (ill-advised ambition falls). MI 615/27; Eimer 281. EF, toned.

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