Watch List notes:

STUART. Anne. 1702-1714. AR Medal (37mm, 18.71 g, 12h). Expedition to Vigo Bay. By J. Croker. Dated 1702. ANNA · DEI · GRA : MAG : BR : FRA : ET · HIB : REGINA ·, crowned and draped bust left / CAPTA · ET · INCENSA · GAL · ET · HISP : CLASSE · (after the French and Spanish fleet were captured and burned), view of Vigo Harbor, with burning Spanish and French vessels within and under attack by British and Dutch vessels under sail right at its mouth; two forts to right; AD · VIGVM · XII · OCT :/MDCCII · in two lines in exergue. MI 236/18; Milford Haven 1919; Eimer 395; Betts 97. VF, toned, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel.


From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind, purchased from Andy Singer.