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Auction 57  14 Apr 2021
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Lot 261

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 1750 GBP
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The Portland Collection, Commemorative Medals, Charles II, the Peace of Breda, 'Favente Deo', silver medal, 1667, by John Roettier, laur. and dr. bust of King r., legend reads BRIT., rev. Britannia std. on rocky shore, contemplating her navies, FAVENTE DEO, in ex. BRITANNIA, lettered edge with star stops, *+* CAROLVS SECVNDVS PACIS ET IMPERII RESTITUTOR AVGVSTVS, 56.5mm. (MI.535/185; Eimer 241; vL.II, 522; Pax 270; MH.65), extremely fine
The medal famous for the representation of Frances Teresa Stuart (1647-1702), later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, as Britannia (and Pepys's comment in his diary, 25th February, 1667).
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