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Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 199

The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Peace of Utrecht, AR Medal, 1713, by D. de Wyss, struck in Amsterdam, QVAESITAE TEM PORA PACISEVNT, winged personification of Time reclining on floating clouds above city, holding scythe and serpent ring rev. DIFFINGITE ARMA PAX EST, Mercury holds bag of money whilst blacksmiths forge a ploughshare from armour, III EID APRIL | MDCCXIII in two lines in exergue, edge plain, 45mm, 36.50g, 12h (MI ii 404/265; BDM I, 578), a couple of nailmarks left of Time, otherwise lustrous and attractively toned, extremely fine and rare

Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals

SNC, October 1967, no. 6647 - rare, an attractive medal, EF - £15.0.0

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Sold for
$1,700

Starting price
$400