256, Lot: 919. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Anne. 1702-1714. Æ Jeton (25mm, 4.26 g, 6h). Expedition to Vigo Bay. Nürnburg mint; by J. G. Lauffer. Dated 1702. ANNA · D · G · MAG · BR · FR · ET · HIB · R ·, garlanded and draped bust left / ANGLOR · ET · BATAV · VIRTVTE · (
by the valor of the English and the Dutch), view of Vigo harbor, with ships burning and attacking a fort; INCENS · CLASSE OPES/AMERIC · INTER-/CEPT · 1702 · (
the fleet having been burnt, the American treasures are intercepted) in three lines in exergue. MI 239/23; Eimer -. VF, brown patina, a few marks.
From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.