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Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 155

The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Release of Giles Strangways (1615-1675), AR Medal, 1648, by John Roettier, AEGIDIVS • STRANGWAYS • DE • MELBVRY • IN • COM • DORCHESTER • ARMIGER, draped bust right, rev. DECVSQVE • ADVERSA • DEDERVNT •, view of the Tower of London with the Royal Standard flying, above sun piercing clouds, INCARCERATVS • SEPT • 1645 | LIBERATVS • APR • 1648 in exergue in two lines, 86.89g, 62mm, 12h (Eimer 153; MI i, 333/177), some contact marks to fields and devices, otherwise darkly toned and residually lustrous, extremely fine, rare

Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals

SNC, June 1965, no. 3794 - EF - £12.10.0

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Sold for
$1,700

Starting price
$500