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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 21  26 Sep 2018
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Lot 568

Estimate: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 2100 GBP
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British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, large silver medal, by R. Arondeaux, the eye of Providence watches over busts vis-à-vis in crowned oval floral frames, over open law book [LEGES ANGLIÆ] and cornucopiae, AUREA POMA MIXTA ROSIS, in ex., DFA WILH HENR ET MARIA M BRIT R, rev. a young orange tree flourishes by a trunk of a fallen oak, distant fleet beyond, MELIOREM LAPSA LOCAVIT, 62.5mm. (MI.668/39; Woolf 10:9; vL.III, 379), choice extremely fine and extremely rare
*bt. J. Schulman Auction, Amsterdam, 30 May 1988, lot 735
King James II is represented on the medal's reverse as the fallen oak, replaced by the Orange tree of the House of Orange.
(2000-2500 GBP)
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