Great Britain
London, England, silver medal, Anne, 1702, defeat of French and Spanish at Vigo Bay, Spain, by J. Croker, NGC AU details / tooled, ex-Jones.Eimer-395; MI-236/18.36.5mm.Obverse with bust of queen inside legend ANNA . DEI . GRA . MAG : BR : FRA : ET . HIB : REGINA .; reverse with Vigo harbor scene showing ships burning in center within legend CAPTA . ET . INCENSA . GAL . ET . HISP : CLASSE ., exergue with AD . VICUM . XII . OCT. / MDCCII .; lightly toned over muted luster, with light hairlines and marks, couple abrasions in obverse fields that NGC construes as tooling. Popular for commemorating the British capture in Vigo Bay of a Spanish fleet returning with New World treasure.Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection (stated on label) and to the Stack's auction of January 2010, with original lot-tag #4673.
Estimate: 250-375 USD