Christopher Eimer
Coins & Medals Bought and Sold est. 1971
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Medals
Reference:5622 Birth of Prince James Edward Stuart, 1688
The naked figure of Truth stands leaning against an open cupboard door, inscribed IAC: FRANC> EDUARD: SUPPOSIT: 20 IUNII 1688, revealing a Jesuit supporting a cushion upon which sits the Prince crowning himself. /
A Trojan horse standing to left; open landscape beyond.
By Jan Smeltzing.
Silver. 58 mm.
Condition: Extremely Fine
Notes:
A scarce medal in unusually fine condition, particulary for a large seventeenth-century issue in silver; and with very pleasing toning.
References:
Medallic Illustrations i, 630/52; Cochran-Patrick 50/6; E. 191; Woolf 3:3.