CNG 99, Lot: 1288. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (ORANGE). William III. As Prince of Orange, 1650-1702. AR Medal (49mm, 45.52 g, 12h). Landing of William at Torbay. By R. Arondeaux. Dated 1689 in Roman numerals. DEO VINDICE IUSTITIA COMITE (with God as our protector, and Justice as our companion), William (as Roman warrior) standing right, holding sword, trampling upon serpent, and clasping hand of Britannia standing left; lighted altar between; to right, orange tree adorned with roses and thistles; in background to left, Sir Edward Petre escaping with Prince James before rising sun / CONTRA INFANTEM PERDITIONIS (against the child of perdition), troops disembark from boats near fortified harbor; large fleet upon horizon; in three lines in exergue, EXPEDITIO NAUALIS PRO/LIBERTATE ANGLIÆ/MDCLXXXVIII (the naval expedition for the liberty of England). MI 639/65; Eimer 298; Woolf 3:8. EF, toned, some faint hairlines.