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Auction: 6028 - The Lucien LaRiviere Collection- Irish Coins & Medals
Lot: 231

x Charles I (1625-49), Murrough O´Brien, Lord Inchiquin, Laudatory Medal, 1646, 35 mm, in gold, wt. 16.93 g, 20 ct. fine, by Abraham Simon, cuirassed bust of Lord Inchiquin left, with long hair, cravat and falling lace collar, rev. 1646 / HON: D: MOR: / BAR: D´INCHIQVIN / D: PRÆSES. PROV / MOMONIÆ . / AET.30 . (MI.i,324/161; Vertue p.26, pl.XV, fig c; Pinkerton p.67, No. 11, pl.XXIII), loop and ring for suspension, very fine and probably unique Estimate £ 12,000-15,000provenance Ex the Hon. W. L. Vane and Lady Katherine Pakenham coll. c.1919 to Lord Inglewood Christie´s, 4 November 1986, lot 465 (where it was described as silver gilt), to Spink Probably struck c. May 1646 when Lord Inchiquin reported to the House of Commons on his military campaigns in Ireland and activities as President of Munster. Vide Gerard Brady ´The Lord Inchiquin Medal of 1646 (Abraham Simon) SNC March 1989. In an annotated copy of Medallic Illustrations in the library at Spink & Son, the entry for this medal which states that the specimen in the T.M. Whitehead collection contains a specimen in gold, has been amended to silver.

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