Davissons Ltd.
Auction 37 21 Feb 2018
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ENGLAND/SCOTLAND. Carlisle Recaptured, Jacobite Rebels Retreat to Scotland. 1745. AR medal. 14.93 gm. 35 mm. By A. Kirk/J. Kirk. The Duke of Cumberland on horseback, left, sword raised, city (Carlisle) behind; GUL AUG DUX CUMBERLANDIÆ around; NAT 15 APR 1721 in exergue; A KIRK F in small letters below / The Duke, standing, handing an olive leaf to Anglia, seated; below, a prostrate rebel with a papal shield; SPEM REDUCIS MENTIBUS ANXIIS; MDCCXLV in exergue; I KIRK F in small letters below. Eimer 598. Woolf (Jacobite) 58.1. Lustrous Extremely Fine with beautiful toning; a dig at 11 obverse and corresponding on the reverse that looks as if the piece was caught or crimped at manufacture or soon after.