256, Lot: 926. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Robert Walpole. As Earl of Orford, 1742-1745. Æ Medal (39mm, 18.52 g, 12h). Dated 1742 in Roman numerals. THE RIGHT HON : ROBERT EARL OF ORFORD, draped bust right / ENVY SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THEE, Britannia standing right, trampling upon Envy and offering crown to Walpole standing left; MDCCXLII in exergue. MI 567/201; Eimer 567. Good VF, dark brown patina, holed at 12h.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.