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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 734

NGC MS61 | Marriage of James (III) to Princess Clementina, AR Medal, c. 1719, by O. Hamerani, IACOBVS • III • D • G • M • B • F • ET • H • REX, armoured and draped bust right, rev. CLEMENTINA • MAGNAE • BRITANNIAE • ET • C • REG •, draped bust left, 49mm, 37.79g (Eimer 485; MI ii 446/52; Woolf 37:1), with some hairlining, cabinet toned, uniformly in a dark-silver to reverse, glossy brilliance to the fields, extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS61 (Cert. #8222378-008)

Provenance

The Craven Collection of British Historical Medals


When Clementina finally arrived at Bologna, after escaping imprisonment, James had already left for Spain in a vain attempt to raise funds for another invasion of Britain. She was married by proxy with James Murray standing in for the Prince. After the ceremony Clementina left for Rome where she stayed at the Ursuline convent whilst waiting for Prince James to return from Spain. This medal is not dated but was probably struck on the occasion of the proxy marriage, although this is not entirely clear.



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Estimate
£700 to £800

Starting price
£480