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Venice, Francesco Morosini (1688-94) White Metal Medal (61mm, 65.51g), struck to commemorate the Venetian victory against the Ottomans in the Morean War, design by Phillip Heinrich Müller, Nuremburg, 1688, obv. FRANCISCUS MAUROCENSUS DUX VENETIARUM A 1688 D 3 APRIL around facing bust right wearing corno ducale and robes, rev. ADRIATICI MARIS DOM[IN]A ARCHIPELAGI REGINA ('Mistress of the Adriatic Sea, Queen of the Archipelago'), Venice enthroned holding sword and cornucopia, Morea, Candia, Athenae, Negropont, and Cyprus personified kneel before her, ships and volcano behind, VIDERVNT INSVLAE ET TIMVERVNT EXTREMAE TERRAE OBSTVPERVERVNT ET ACCESSERVNT ESAI 4I FK ('The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came' Isiah 41:5) in raised edge lettering, holed at 12 and 6 o'clock, edge dents, otherwise VF RARE; together with two further white metal medals: (1) Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra 1863 (37mm, 18.10g), obv. ALBERT EDWARD PRICE OF WALES & PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, conjoined bare head busts left, rev. shields of arms topped with Welsh Feathers, holed at 12 o'clock, otherwise AVF; and (2) Temperance Declaration (44mm, 25.96g) obv. TEMPERANCE SOCIETY below coat of arms, rev. inscription within wreath, holed at 12 o'clock, VF
Estimate: 60 - 80 GBP
Venice, Francesco Morosini (1688-94) White Metal Medal (61mm, 65.51g), struck to commemorate the Venetian victory against the Ottomans in the Morean War, design by Phillip Heinrich Müller, Nuremburg, 1688, obv. FRANCISCUS MAUROCENSUS DUX VENETIARUM A 1688 D 3 APRIL around facing bust right wearing corno ducale and robes, rev. ADRIATICI MARIS DOM[IN]A ARCHIPELAGI REGINA ('Mistress of the Adriatic Sea, Queen of the Archipelago'), Venice enthroned holding sword and cornucopia, Morea, Candia, Athenae, Negropont, and Cyprus personified kneel before her, ships and volcano behind, VIDERVNT INSVLAE ET TIMVERVNT EXTREMAE TERRAE OBSTVPERVERVNT ET ACCESSERVNT ESAI 4I FK ('The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came' Isiah 41:5) in raised edge lettering, holed at 12 and 6 o'clock, edge dents, otherwise VF RARE; together with two further white metal medals: (1) Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra 1863 (37mm, 18.10g), obv. ALBERT EDWARD PRICE OF WALES & PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, conjoined bare head busts left, rev. shields of arms topped with Welsh Feathers, holed at 12 o'clock, otherwise AVF; and (2) Temperance Declaration (44mm, 25.96g) obv. TEMPERANCE SOCIETY below coat of arms, rev. inscription within wreath, holed at 12 o'clock, VF
Estimate: 60 - 80 GBP