Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction 22-26 Aug 2022
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GREAT BRITAIN. James "III"/Appeal Against the House of Hannover Bronze Medal, 1721. PCGS SPECIMEN-63.
MI-454/63; Eimer-493; Woolf-40:1. By O. Hamerani. Diameter: 47mm. Obverse: Draped and armored bust of James "III" (the Old Pretender) right; Reverse: Horse of Hannover trampling English lion and Scottish unicorn, as distressed Britannia watches under a tree to left; veduta of London in background. Edge: Plain. Presenting alluring brown surfaces and a great deal of glistening brilliance, this choice Jacobite piece features the bust of the Old Pretender, the would-be James III, as a more favorable leader for Great Britain than George I, a Hannoverian German, especially following the debacle of the South Sea Bubble in 1720. To view all items from the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection, click here.
From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
Estimate: $300 - $500
MI-454/63; Eimer-493; Woolf-40:1. By O. Hamerani. Diameter: 47mm. Obverse: Draped and armored bust of James "III" (the Old Pretender) right; Reverse: Horse of Hannover trampling English lion and Scottish unicorn, as distressed Britannia watches under a tree to left; veduta of London in background. Edge: Plain. Presenting alluring brown surfaces and a great deal of glistening brilliance, this choice Jacobite piece features the bust of the Old Pretender, the would-be James III, as a more favorable leader for Great Britain than George I, a Hannoverian German, especially following the debacle of the South Sea Bubble in 1720. To view all items from the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection, click here.
From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
Estimate: $300 - $500