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Auction 33  30 January 2014
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Lot 250

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 1200 USD
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SCOTLAND, JACOBITE. Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") 'the Young Pretender,' with his brother Henry Benedict Stuart. 1720-1788 / 1725-1807. AR Medal. 39.10 gm. 42 mm. The children of James "III and VIII," 'the Old Pretender'. Struck ca 1731 though dated 1720 in Roman numerals. Bust right of the young Charles, a star in the field. MICAT INTER OMNES ("He shines in the midst of it all") / Bust of Prince Henry facing left; ALTER AB ILLO ("The next after him"). Woolf 43:1. Eimer 521. Choice Extremely Fine; lightly toned over fresh surfaces. Rare in silver. The brothers are the last of the Stuart "Pretenders" (Jacobite heirs) to publicly claim the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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