CNG 91, Lot: 1607. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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temp. HANOVER. Charles Edward Stuart ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’. 1720-1788. AR Medal (43mm, 34.48 g, 12h). Visit to London. Possibly T. Pingo or C. N. Roettiers. Dated 1752. REDEAT MAGNUS ILLE GEMIUS BRITANNIÆ (
may he, the great Genius of Britain, return), bare head right / O DIU DEISDERATA NAVIS (
Oh, long hoped-for ship), Britannia standing left on seashore, holding spear and Union shield, both set on ground; at a distance to left, approaching fleet of ships under sail right; globe to right; in three lines in exergue, LÆTAMINI CIVES/SEPT XXIII/MDCCLII (
let us rejoice, citizens). MI 670/380; Eimer 639. Near EF, toned, traces of doubling on the rims. Rare.