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Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 204

The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals | Naval Action off Cape Passaro, AR Medal, 1718, by John Croker, GEORGIVS • D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET • HIB : REX • F : D :, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. SOCIORVM • PROTECTOR •, statue of the King as Neptune, upon a rostral column amidst captured naval trophies, CLASSE • HISP • DELETA • AD • ORAS • SICILAE • 1718 in exergue in three lines, edge plain, 45mm, 35.07g, 12h (Eimer 481; MI ii 439/42), some light contact marks to obverse field, otherwise lustrous and richly toned with hues of blue and ochre especially to reverse, a really good very fine, and most attractive

Provenance
The Bernard Pearl Collection of British Historical Medals

SNC, November 1965, no. 6588 - EF - £6.0.0

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Sold for
$700

Starting price
$300