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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 963

Marriage of William of Orange to Princess Mary, AR Medal, 1677, by Nicholas Chevalier, GVILH • III • D • G • PRIN • AVR • HOL • ET • WES • GV •, armoured bust right, rev. MARIA • D • G • AVR • PRIN • NAT • DE • IORC •, draped bust left, hair breaded with pearls, plain edge, 42mm, 25.36g (Eimer 256; MI i, 568/235; Farquhar 1910/208; van Loon III, 222), faint contact marking to the fields, nevertheless the surfaces with a rich and speckled tone and a flashy brilliance, handsome extremely fine, scarcely offered at commerce in such condition

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals



In 1677, William, then the Prince of Orange, married his first cousin Mary, the daughter of the Duke of York, later King James II of England . Their joint reign lasted until Mary's untimely death from smallpox at the age of thirty-two in 1694.

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£1,300

Starting price
£500