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Auction 101  28 September 2016
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Lot 3597

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 460 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Philip and Mary (1554-1558), The Siege and Battle of Saint-Quentin (France), Cast Copper Medal, 1557, by Jacques Jonghelinck, armoured and laureate bust of Philip right, with small ruff collar, PHILIPPVS D G HISP ET ANGLIÆ REX, rev central medallion of St Quentin, legend in sixteen lines, ... HISPAN VND ENGELLAND ..., 35mm (MI 84/47; vL I, 17, 2; Smolderen 226/13). An excellent sharp cast with strong portrait, though lacking signature on truncation, with deep patination, good very fine and scarce.
The Spanish, who had the support of British troops, won a significant victory over the French. Philip did not pursue his advantage and the sight of the battlefield is said to have given him a permanent distaste for war.

Estimate: £300-400
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