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Auction 22007  18 Oct 2022
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Lot 784

Starting price: 800 GBP
Price realized: 2400 GBP
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Prince James III and Princess Louisa, AR Memorial Medal, 1712, by N. Roettier, IACOBVS • III • D • G • M • B • F • ET • H • REX •, cuirassed and draped bust left, rev. PRINCEPS • LVD • SER • M • B • REGIS • SOROR •, cuirrased and draped bust left, 1712 below, plain edge, 52mm, 68.04g (Eimer 454; MI ii 388/241; Harding 49 this medal), small pitted mark to the neck of Princess Louisa, otherwise attractively cabinet toned and with a flashy lustre, bold extremely fine and rare.
In 1712 Princess Louisa, the sister of James the Old Pretender, died of smallpox. This medal was struck to commemorate the Princess and also, perhaps, to help keep the Stuart cause alive.
Estimate: £1000 - £1200
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