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Auction 22106  29 Mar 2022
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Lot 1514

Starting price: 80 GBP
Price realized: 230 GBP
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The Bernard Pearl Collection of Historical Medals | James II and Mary, 1685, AE Medal, by George Bower, IACOBVS. II. ET. MARIA. DG. MAG. BRI. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX. ET. REGINA., conjoined, laureate and draped busts right, rev. FORTES. RADII. SED. BENIGNI. 1685, radiant sun, 50mm, 37.09g (MI 610/16; Eimer -; vL. -; Foley -), some rub to high points, otherwise trace porosity under darkened surfaces, a bolder very fine, very rare.
This was struck in the first year of the reign of James II and probably very early, before the "Bloody Assize" of Jeffreys and Kirk.
Estimate: £100 - £150
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