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Auction 90  24 September 2014
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Lot 1822

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 240 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS, William III, retort upon Louis XIV, Cast Bronze Medal, 1695, by Jan Boskam, laureate and armoured bust right, rev Hercules seated by an obelisk leans on a roundel of a setting sun, the naked figure of Truth stands right holding a Victory, trophies around and legend on pedestal, MONARCH GALLICAM ..., 58.5mm (MI 143/403, a single cast bronze specimen listed; vL IV, 209; Foley -). Good very fine and an extreme rarity.
The medal parodies the French medal of Louis XIV, for the Campaigns of 1694 (MI 102/328; vL IV, 174)

Estimate: £300-400
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