WORLD HISTORICAL AND ART MEDALS Italy: Papal States
1637
Innocent XII, Annual Medal, yr. 7 [1698], a silver medal by G. Hamerani, bust right, rev. St Peter and St Paul vis-à-vis, 36mm (Lincoln 1564; Bart. 698). Minor scuffing, otherwise good very fine, toned
£150-200
1638
Pius XII, Annual Medal, yr I [1939], a silver medal by A. Mistruzzi, bust left, rev. arms, 44mm (Cusumano/Modesti 1; Bart. 939); Appointment of 32 New Cardinals, 1946, a cast bronze medal by A. Mistruzzi, 80mm (Cusumano/Modesti 53) [2]. First brilliant and toned, second very fine; both in red cases of issue [second damaged]
£60-80
Jamaica 1639
Henry de la Beche, Good Conduct Award, 1841, a copper specimen striking by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. tropical fauna, 45mm (BHM 2002). About very fine, rare
£60-80 Provenance: A. Chin Collection.
Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855), geologist from Dorset who founded the Ordnance Survey in 1840; the medal was awarded as a prize for good conduct to employees on his estate at Halse Hall, Clarendon, Jamaica
Low Countries 1640
Destroying the Heretics, 1544, a copper jeton, Lille, 29mm (Dugniolle 1576; Mitch. 913); Battle of Muhlberg, 1547, a copper jeton, Brussels, 28mm (D –; M 924 var, bust left); Spanish Victory Destroys Liberty, 1568, a copper jeton, 29mm (D 2479; M 2383); Perpetual Edict As A Source of Peace, 1577, a copper jeton, 29mm (D 2720; M 2412); Breakdown of Negotiations at Cologne, 1580, a copper jeton, Dordrecht, 29mm (D 2800; M 2425a); Zeeland, 1580, a copper jeton,Middelburg, 28mm (D 2812 var); Confidence in the Government of the Duke of Anjou, 1582, a copper jeton, 29mm (D 2867; M –); Treaty of Nonsuch, 1585, a copper jeton, Dordrecht, 28mm (D 3044; M 2441; MI I, 133/86) [8].Second,third and fourth veryfine, others invaried state; all identified in envelopes
£70-90
Provenance: D 2479, 2720 and 2800 Marc Hariga FPL June 1991 (725, 726, 729); D 2812 var bt R. Schulman November 1991; others Glendining Auction, 9 October 1989, lot 566 (part)
1641
Relief of Groningen, 1594, a copper jeton, Dordrecht, 28mm (D 3338; M 2492); Dutch Vigilance, 1595, a copper jeton, Dordrecht, 29mm (D 3363; M 2495); Victory at Turnhout, 1597, a copper jeton, 28mm (D 3418; M 2506); Prince Maurice Defeated, 1598, a copper jeton, 27mm (D 3452; M –); Capture of Nieuport, 1600, a copper jeton, 32mm (D 3507; M –); Siege of Ostende, 1603, a copper jeton, Dordrecht, 28mm (D 3559; M 2524); Siege of Ostende, 1604, a copper jeton, 30mm (D 3588; M 2529ff) [7]. D 3507 and 3588 very fine, others generally fine; all identified in envelopes
£70-90
Provenance: D 3452 Glendining Auction, 9 October 1989, lot 566 (part); D 3588 Jean Elsen Auction 54 (Brussels), June 1998, lot 2215; others bt R. Schulman November 1991
1642
Isabella, Duchess of Brabant, 1599, a copper jeton, Antwerp, crowned bust left, rev. crowned arms, 28mm (D 3465; v.L. I, 511, 6; Feuardent 14148). Very fine and patinated, rare
£60-80
Provenance: BDW Auction 3, 1 December 1993, lot 448
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