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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 21  26 Sep 2018
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Lot 570

Estimate: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 3200 GBP
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British Medals, William & Mary, Coronation 1689, silver medal, by Jan Smeltzing, bust of William (alone) r., GULIELM III DG BRITANN R RELIG LIBERTATISQ RESTITUT, rev. Royal arms suspended from orange tree, fleeing figures left and right, James II removing the crown and dropping the sceptre, and Father Petre, carrying a pyx, ITE MISSA EST, in ex. in 4 lines, INAUGURATIS MAIESTATIBUS EIECTO PAPATU EXPULSA TYRANNIDE BRITANNIA FELIX 1689, 48.5mm. (MI.671/43; Woolf 10:3a; cf. vL.III, 386), a magnificent medal, mint state with steel-grey tone, extremely rare
*bt. Spink & Son, c. 1985
Father Petre - Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet (1631–1699), English Jesuit and a close adviser and privy councillor to James II.
(2000-2500 GBP)
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